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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody? Happy Friday?

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Speaker 2: From the Hot Texans Radio studio, John Harris, your host,

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Speaker 2: football analyst, sideline reporter. Were your Houston Texans alongside the

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Speaker 2: voice of the Texans, Mark Vandermier. Marks called every single

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Speaker 2: play in this organization's history, minus a couple due to

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Speaker 2: ring of honors ceremonies late in the half. But you've

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Speaker 2: seen everything. You've seen every single once. I'm gonna come

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Speaker 2: out of the gate and ask you this, Mark, what

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Speaker 2: would it mean to be able to say the Texans

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Speaker 2: are going to the AFC Championship Game.

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Speaker 3: It's unprecedented, right, It's it never happened before. It's twenty

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Speaker 3: three years of football. To try to get that deep,

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Speaker 3: you've never done it. Houston hasn't seen it since nineteen

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Speaker 3: seventy nine. I can only imagine how the Oilers fans

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Speaker 3: felt seeing the Titans go to the Super Bowl. I

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Speaker 3: don't want to talk about that right now, but that

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Speaker 3: must have been so painful because it's just a few

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Speaker 3: years after. But anyway that you were over I think

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Speaker 3: most people were over it in a sense. But it

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Speaker 3: had to feel like something and I can't imagine what

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Speaker 3: that felt like anyway For this organization.

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Speaker 4: This moment.

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Speaker 3: I said it on I think I was with Garrett

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Speaker 3: from Houston Stressen's or whatever, and I might have said.

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Speaker 4: It this week too.

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Speaker 3: I really feel like this is the best shot you've

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Speaker 3: had now. Previously I felt like, get a pretty good shot, right.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know what to feel like in twenty eleven

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Speaker 3: with that team. I knew they had a good defense,

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Speaker 3: but I knew it was going to be tough to

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Speaker 3: beat the Ravens up there with TJ Yates and no

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Speaker 3: offense to TJ.

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Speaker 4: He did great that postseason.

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Speaker 3: I knew in twenty twelve is going to be really

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Speaker 3: tough because they just blew you out right. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 3: I don't have to go over all of them. I

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Speaker 3: thought last year was a pretty reasonable opportunity because I

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Speaker 3: felt like the defense was piping hot at the time

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Speaker 3: and the offense was good enough. But you knew you

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Speaker 3: were going up there to face a real tough team

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Speaker 3: there with the top seed and ten ten and a half.

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Speaker 3: I felt like they had a good chance. But that's

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Speaker 3: during the game. I'm talking about. Going into the game.

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Speaker 3: I think I feel the best I've ever felt going

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Speaker 3: into one of these. Johnny and I watched the game

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Speaker 3: on NFL Network. We were talking about this. I watched

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Speaker 3: the game last night, most of it, and I felt like, dang,

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Speaker 3: we were playing with him. It's just that the Tank

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Speaker 3: Dell thing overshadowed everything afterwards. Yeah, and you lost by

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Speaker 3: eight even with all that happening. And then I think

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Speaker 3: the Ravens game, which is just a few days later,

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Speaker 3: it's Christmas, it made it seem like the Chiefs game

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Speaker 3: was a lot worse than it was from a just

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Speaker 3: pure football standpoint because it's so close together.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we're five days apart, four days apart, whatever

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Speaker 1: it was.

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Speaker 3: It felt like since the Tank Dell injury, you were

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Speaker 3: outscored whatever the number was, thirty one to two plus

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Speaker 3: you know whatever. The Chiefs out scored you, they one

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Speaker 3: by eight, So I think it was I think it

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Speaker 3: really overshadowed how I hate to say how well you

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Speaker 3: played against the Chiefs, but how competitive you were against

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Speaker 3: that team in that situation when they really had to

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Speaker 3: have that game to keep the top seed going.

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Speaker 4: And now you go up there with.

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Speaker 3: A fresh attitude, perspective, off a great performance, feeling good,

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Speaker 3: feeling like your defense can do some damage in the offense,

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Speaker 3: coming around.

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Speaker 2: The irony in some sense of this being Kansas City

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Speaker 2: is that I think, of all the games, I think

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Speaker 2: the one in twenty nineteen, I felt the best about

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Speaker 2: going in, going in because the Texans had their three receivers,

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Speaker 2: that they had Kenny steels Hop and Will Fuller healthy

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Speaker 2: really for kind of the first time in a few weeks,

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Speaker 2: and I felt good about that, like, they'll be able

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Speaker 2: to move. And I didn't think the defense was at

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Speaker 2: the level this one is, but I felt like, hey,

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Speaker 2: you know, the offense I think will be able to

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Speaker 2: get in a shootout.

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Speaker 4: Right then you had already beaten them up there too.

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Speaker 2: You're beating them up there and you control the ground game,

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Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden you go up there

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Speaker 2: and Chris Jones is not playing again, and I'm thinking

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Speaker 2: that might okay one this this is that opportunity. And

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Speaker 2: then of course twenty forty nothing I think. You know,

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Speaker 2: looking back, you know you lost that game. By god,

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Speaker 2: you lost that game by twenty because they outscored you

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Speaker 2: fifty one to seven for the rest of the game.

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Speaker 2: But geez, it's just that you had offensive firepower in

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Speaker 2: that game, but defensively you just completely melted down, and

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Speaker 2: that obviously is it's something that can happen any game.

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Speaker 2: You can melt down in any game. I feel like

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Speaker 2: that Kansas City offense, though, was this is how I

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Speaker 2: described it. That Kansas City offense was home runs and strikeouts.

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Speaker 2: This Kansas City offense is ten to twelve plays were okay,

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Speaker 2: executing all that way down the field right now, They've

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Speaker 2: got worthy and they've got Hollywood Brown. They would like

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Speaker 2: to take deep shots, but Mahomes didn't hit them the

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Speaker 2: last time we played. And when you have this much

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Speaker 2: time off and you're out of rhythm them, how often

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Speaker 2: can you get that deep wall down the field and

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Speaker 3: That with this defense breathing down your neck, right So

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Speaker 3: you got all that.

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Speaker 2: So I think this opportunity I feel probably better about

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Speaker 2: even in twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: But it's just a matter of when this game gets

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Speaker 2: Like all of them, every single game was four points

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Speaker 2: or less. It was a tie last year, it was

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Speaker 2: four points in every game, and even tied last year.

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Speaker 2: You've not you've not led for a second in the

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Speaker 2: second half, not let at all. So you've got to

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Speaker 2: get in that fight in the second half, and I

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Speaker 2: just using some of the words that Demiko has talked

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Speaker 2: about and Nick have talked about with us, the strain,

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Speaker 2: the grit, it takes, the toughness, It's gonna take the

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Speaker 2: extra level of mental fortitude. I know, I've this is

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Speaker 2: you know, like edge rushers, I man, Joe Year, whomever's

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Speaker 1: Me that edge. I got it. I gotta take and

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Speaker 1: you gotta fight it.

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Speaker 2: You mentally have to fight it because you know, if

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Speaker 2: you go hi, what's he gonna do.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna go low.

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Speaker 2: You're gonna have to do some things that are maybe

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Speaker 2: against your what your instincts are telling you at that time,

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Speaker 2: because you're playing that quarterback in this team. And if

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Speaker 2: you can hang around and hang around and I'm not

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Speaker 2: saying you're playing with house money, not at all, but

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Speaker 2: if you just don't have I mean you mentioned it.

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Speaker 2: That Tank injury I think just took all the starts out.

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Speaker 4: Of this team.

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Speaker 2: Even when they got to stop at seventeen sixteen, that

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Speaker 2: kind of felt like, man, we just had Tank. You know,

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Speaker 2: we kept saying that, Well, we've been playing weeks without Tank.

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Speaker 2: Now we've been adjusting. Now, how do you finish without Tank,

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Speaker 2: how do you make those plays in the second half

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Speaker 2: to win this football game and put yourself, obviously an

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Speaker 3: Mechi has got come up big. Yeah, I'm just gonna

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Speaker 3: go right here. So I feel like I've let's do this.

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Speaker 3: I've gotten over the you know, over the speed bump

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Speaker 3: here or over the curb into an area where we're

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Speaker 3: talking about guys who really need to step up, right.

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Speaker 3: I think Mechi needs to have that kind of game

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Speaker 3: that we've always wanted out of him. And he's had

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Speaker 3: some good games and good moments, but last week, obviously

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Speaker 3: the fumble, we all know about that. But I'm watching

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Speaker 3: Tank in this game four weeks ago and he's balling.

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Speaker 4: You got to have that.

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Speaker 3: He's gonna throw it to Mechi and he's got to

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Speaker 3: catch it, and he's got to make something happen. I'm

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Speaker 3: not talking about excessive yak here, but you got to

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Speaker 3: at least catch the ball and be that productive number

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Speaker 3: two receiver. He's looking for X two obviously, but I

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Speaker 3: still feel like X is three. No matter what, somebody's

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Speaker 3: got to step up and be two, and Nico has

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Speaker 3: to be Nik everybody's got to be at their best, obviously.

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Speaker 3: I mean, that's just say the obvious here. That's like

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Speaker 3: saying water needs to be went, water needs to saturate

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Speaker 3: the object. CJ, after playing the way he did last week,

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Speaker 3: I feel like he's up for this, that this is

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Speaker 3: his moment. He's been on this stage before many times

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Speaker 3: in his career, actually college, last year, Divisional round, this year.

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Speaker 3: He knows what it means, he knows what it takes.

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Speaker 3: I feel like he'll rise to the occasion. But everybody's

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Speaker 3: got to match his game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no question.

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Speaker 2: And if he's back there battling and getting out of

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Speaker 2: sacks like he did a couple of times in that game,

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Speaker 2: got away from a couple of sacks running for his life,

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Speaker 2: the guys that gotta bail him out. I remember saying

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Speaker 2: after that game that there were offensive players that were

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Speaker 2: letting him down. Guys weren't catching passes and key situations,

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Speaker 2: Guys weren't hanging on to the ball. The blocking up

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Speaker 2: there were guys that we expect to be great not

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Speaker 2: And then obviously he's dealing with the loss of his

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Speaker 2: one of his best friends in the team and a

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Speaker 2: major weapon. It's like, do got to step up and

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Speaker 2: make a few plays to help him out. Like last week,

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Speaker 2: X just keeps working with him and gets to a

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Speaker 2: spot where he can make a big play and it

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Speaker 2: pops the top in a way you go, that is

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Speaker 2: what you need. You need those guys X Metchi Dalton show.

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Speaker 2: Now Dalton has been you know, obviously a key contributor

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Speaker 2: all the way through, but even in at Kansas City game,

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Speaker 2: he's got an opportunity a third down, after the fourth

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Speaker 2: down stop can make a big catch. Doesn't hang on.

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Speaker 2: This has gotta be you catch everything. You get extra

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Speaker 2: yards with runs. Three yard runs are four yard runs.

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Speaker 2: Two yard runs are three to three and a half.

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Speaker 2: Everything is a little extra special. Teams you actually won,

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Speaker 2: believe it or not, the field position battle with the

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Speaker 2: Chiefs last time. You've got to do that again. But

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Speaker 2: we had Frank rosson here, so we should know we

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Speaker 2: should have a pretty good game specialties wise, because we're

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Speaker 2: we're pretty good luck when I gets.

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Speaker 3: We are because we had Steven Hadagkilast week, Eric Murray

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Speaker 3: picked six the week before rod Wright was in here

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Speaker 3: and you know what happened with the thick six. So

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Speaker 3: that was awesome with Derek Barnett. Special teams did a

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Speaker 3: nice game last week. Can they do it again? Let

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Speaker 3: me get your hands on a punt last week and

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Speaker 3: an extra point and we all saw the extra point

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Speaker 3: go for two the other way.

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Speaker 4: That was awesome.

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Speaker 3: So is there a big play to be made in

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Speaker 3: special teams? I think there is no way in the

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Speaker 3: world the Chiefs are going to allow Damian Pierce to

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Speaker 3: return a ball. I just don't think so. I don't

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Speaker 3: think they're going to tempt the return. Now for the Texans,

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Speaker 3: you know, they like to do that. They feel confident

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Speaker 3: in their ability to stuff somebody inside the thirty and

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Speaker 3: those extra yards come up big, right, and you might

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Speaker 3: get the ball out. So you have to look at

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Speaker 3: Sean likened it to all your starters are available in

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Speaker 4: How do you feel about that? Absolutely? I mean you

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Speaker 2: That was a mistake. So you gotta put somebody back there.

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Speaker 2: I went with the forty eight man game day roster.

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Speaker 3: Coach, how important is it to keep things quote normal

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Speaker 6: It's very important.

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Speaker 7: We've had a normal week of preparation, not the short

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Speaker 3: All right, moving the ball against this defense. Do you

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Speaker 7: You have to be prepared for things to move. The

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Speaker 6: Sure we're sound and what we're doing.

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Speaker 7: We're sounding our assignments, we're sounding our rules and how

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Speaker 3: You played well offensively last week? Is momentum a thing?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, momentum is a thing and it is real and

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Speaker 3: All right, Facing Patrick Mahomes, everybody talks about him, But

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Speaker 3: how important is stopping the run as the first item

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Speaker 7: we got to put the run out early. That'll be

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Speaker 3: And Mahomes runs the ball as well, so you have

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Speaker 7: Oh yeah, that guy, he does, he does run the

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Speaker 7: The pockey does a good job of buying time, not

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Speaker 3: When you look at the kicking game especially, is it

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Speaker 7: It has to help us, right being there. It won't

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Speaker 7: be new, right gods, it'll be familiar.

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Speaker 6: We know the win.

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Speaker 7: It's always a factor there with how you know how

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Speaker 7: the weather is on game day.

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Speaker 6: But I think being there has to help us, right.

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Speaker 7: We we gotta go, We gotta kick it well, and

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Speaker 7: that'll be key to this game. We get the opportunity

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Speaker 7: Like all points will be necessary, so we need to

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Speaker 6: Can we do that again to give our offense favorable position?

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Speaker 4: Outstanding coach, Thanks a lot, good luck. Mark.

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Speaker 2: There have been times where I would say we worried

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Speaker 2: physically match up with whomever we play whoever it is,

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Speaker 2: Certainly this team we can't. And Demico drives that home

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Speaker 3: Certainly this team look, like I said, watching the replay

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Speaker 3: of the previous game, I think in the rearview mirror,

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Speaker 3: we get this impression that the Texans were overwhelmed or something. Right,

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Speaker 3: they were not overwhelmed. They were fired up and ready

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Speaker 3: for Thats right. They just didn't execute the way they

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Speaker 3: really wanted to. Later on tonight, I'll play the Herb

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Speaker 3: Brooks speech Kirk Russell from Miracle in the eight o'clock hour,

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Speaker 3: the Bonus Hour of Texans Radio. And you know it's

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Speaker 3: not something that Demko has to do, but you want

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Speaker 3: to definitely highlight the magnitude of the moment.

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Speaker 4: But be confident, you're good.

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Speaker 3: You can do this. You know, he says, you can

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Speaker 3: But it is about execution. We'll replay the fully Fata

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Speaker 3: game plan was, but give me.

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Speaker 4: A big key, said execute.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they know They've got everything they need, but they've

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Speaker 4: And that's why sports is the greatest entertainment.

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Speaker 3: You know, if we're going to a concert, Taylor Swift

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Speaker 3: whoever dolls.

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Speaker 4: You know that? Google? Wow, you know that.

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Speaker 3: You know I always said this, like I go to

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Speaker 3: Every night is a dub. Now, some nights might be

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 3: If you're gonna go see Hamilton when it first came out,

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Speaker 3: it's piping hot on Broadway, the tickets are really expensive

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Speaker 3: and you got seats, you know you're gonna win. It's

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Speaker 3: a win. However, sports you don't know what's gonna happen.

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Speaker 3: It's unscripted. It's beautiful. Let's see where it takes us.

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Speaker 3: That is really amazing about this as an entertainment medium,

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Speaker 3: and we're a part of it as far as delivering

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Speaker 3: just cannot wait for it. Think I know they're up

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Speaker 3: for the moment, Johnny, but I can't tell you what's

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Speaker 4: Mahomes has the ball late, you have the ball.

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Speaker 8: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Let's go watch it together and relay what happens.

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Speaker 2: You know, the history of it has been Mahomes making

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00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:19,320
Speaker 2: that play right, making the scramble, you know. But in

440
00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,840
Speaker 2: twenty twenty two against US and overtime, Blake Cashman runs

441
00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:25,800
Speaker 2: him down from behind because he doesn't feel him.

442
00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:26,000
Speaker 4: You know.

443
00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, you just never know when that play is there.

444
00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,320
Speaker 3: Can we trade that stop for a stop if we

445
00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,119
Speaker 3: need it? Like, I'd like to use that chip to

446
00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:38,880
Speaker 3: cash in tomorrow. If you need a Mahome stop late

447
00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,119
Speaker 3: or in overtime, I'd like to use this here. Please, yes, that'

448
00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,160
Speaker 3: stop because that stopp didn't do us any good anyway,

449
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,800
Speaker 3: because the Texans turned it over on the next possession

450
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 3: in overtime in twenty twenty two.

451
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,359
Speaker 4: And look, that was a lost season.

452
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,480
Speaker 3: You could argue, well, you there were arguments that you

453
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,760
Speaker 3: didn't want to win that game anyway, but they were

454
00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,320
Speaker 3: so competitive in that outing.

455
00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,720
Speaker 4: But I think you know that's a different team.

456
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,320
Speaker 3: I get it, sure, But it does say something that

457
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,960
Speaker 3: you were right there with them. Then you were right

458
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,280
Speaker 3: there with them four weeks ago. You can be there

459
00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:13,080
Speaker 3: with them again late tomorrow. Are you going to come

460
00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,160
Speaker 3: up with the plays when you need them or are

461
00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,120
Speaker 3: you going to overwhelm them like you did the Chargers?

462
00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,040
Speaker 3: And don't laugh, that's a possibility as well. It's possible

463
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 3: you go in there and the defense that we saw

464
00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,600
Speaker 3: on Saturday against the Chargers shows up against the Chiefs

465
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,439
Speaker 3: and is finding ways to make life miserable, and somehow

466
00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,639
Speaker 3: you capitalize the multiple ways. Let's see you're let you know,

467
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,439
Speaker 3: they had the lead in this game against the Chiefs

468
00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,760
Speaker 3: right four weeks ago, they were up ten to seven

469
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:43,600
Speaker 3: when when the runback that was called back, that had

470
00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,680
Speaker 3: it counted, would have given you a ten point lead

471
00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,639
Speaker 3: over the Chiefs in their building. Now, look, we've been

472
00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,720
Speaker 3: up twenty four to nothing there as a franchise, So

473
00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 3: I get it. No lead is safe, but I'll take

474
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,760
Speaker 3: my chances with this defense second half with a lead

475
00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:57,880
Speaker 3: of ten or more.

476
00:21:58,720 --> 00:21:59,080
Speaker 4: Thank you.

477
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 2: Just give me the leads second half. Just give me

478
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,959
Speaker 2: the lead in the second half and see how everybody

479
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:10,639
Speaker 2: responds to it. Now, the Chiefs aren't gonna panic, But

480
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 2: I think you know the whole thing about rest versus

481
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 2: rust they are they arrested, There's no doubt. If you

482
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,040
Speaker 2: can withstand kind of the energy onslaught early from them,

483
00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,960
Speaker 2: then I think, all right, now we settle in its

484
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,439
Speaker 2: rounds four, five, and six, and we withstood rounds one, two,

485
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,920
Speaker 2: and three. Now we're in the fight. Yeah, it can't

486
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,520
Speaker 2: be we're down ten to nothing when it happens. But

487
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:36,440
Speaker 2: if it could be seven to three, if it can

488
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,240
Speaker 2: be US ten to seven like it was, I think

489
00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:44,000
Speaker 2: we can withstand that that part of it, and that

490
00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:48,200
Speaker 2: obviously is gonna be key. Now there are three other games,

491
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,399
Speaker 2: so I'm gonna do my predictions later on, but I'm

492
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,560
Speaker 2: putting you on the spot right now. The game after ours,

493
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 2: Commanders the Lions.

494
00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:01,200
Speaker 1: In Detroit A. Do you give the commanders there a shot?

495
00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,240
Speaker 2: Mead, you give them a shot of at least covering

496
00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,360
Speaker 2: What do you think Lions commanders?

497
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 3: I'll take the Lions of course at home, but part

498
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 3: of me is rooting for the Commanders, even though I

499
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,920
Speaker 3: love AG and everything. But I just this is such

500
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 3: a great story, you know, And I feel bad for

501
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,479
Speaker 3: some of my friends who are Washington fans. I think

502
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,560
Speaker 3: they've been through with Dan Snyder and all of that.

503
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 3: And Jayden Daniels is so likable, and.

504
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 4: It's the NFC.

505
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,360
Speaker 3: It's like watching another league, you know, You're just I'm

506
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:31,040
Speaker 3: watching the games.

507
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:32,240
Speaker 4: I'm enjoying myself here.

508
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 3: So I want to see them pull off the miraculous

509
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,200
Speaker 3: the Commanders, but I would always pick the Lions. I

510
00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,000
Speaker 3: think I don't know what the line is, Johnny, but

511
00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:41,640
Speaker 3: I would think the Commanders could cover that.

512
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:42,200
Speaker 1: Nine and a half.

513
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,640
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, they can cover that nine and a half.

514
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,800
Speaker 3: I think it's going to be a hotly contested affair.

515
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 3: I think I don't know how much of a distraction

516
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 3: it is when your coordinators. Look, we had our coordinator

517
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 3: here interview for the Jets job. Reportedly, I don't know

518
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 3: how much of a distraction that is because they've had

519
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:56,440
Speaker 3: a lot of interviews, all.

520
00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:56,879
Speaker 4: Right, Bobby.

521
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 3: I think has had won this year, and maybe it's

522
00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:02,080
Speaker 3: no distraction at all. But I don't know. With all

523
00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 3: the injuries, I know some guys are coming back. They've

524
00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 3: been operating without Hutchinson forever. I still pick the Lions

525
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:08,360
Speaker 3: to win.

526
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,360
Speaker 2: So part of me it wants the Lions to get

527
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,160
Speaker 2: to the Super Bowl to see if hutch will play

528
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 2: eight Hutchinson.

529
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I kind of like what coming back. There's

530
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 3: playoffs in twenty nineteen.

531
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 1: There's a lot of talk about that if they got

532
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:19,920
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl Sunday.

533
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:21,200
Speaker 4: Sunday.

534
00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I hope we're watching this wondering what's gonna happen. Rams, Eagles.

535
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 3: Totally rooting for the Rams in this one, and I

536
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,960
Speaker 3: don't have to. I don't usually root for the ramp

537
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 3: I like McVeigh, but I don't like the Rams.

538
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 4: It's weird.

539
00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:39,600
Speaker 3: And I don't really like Stafford either, But I don't

540
00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:40,119
Speaker 3: like Philly.

541
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 4: I do not like.

542
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,919
Speaker 3: I rarely root for the Philadelphia Eagles, and I have

543
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,800
Speaker 3: a lot of friends who are Eagles fans, but I

544
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,320
Speaker 3: rarely root for them, and I don't like the coach.

545
00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,840
Speaker 3: I don't know, there's something about them that bothers me.

546
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,680
Speaker 4: I do like Hurts.

547
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 3: I do like Hurts, you know, a Houston guy. But

548
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,159
Speaker 3: I usually root against the Eagles and I'm going to

549
00:24:58,200 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 3: continue to do it, and I think the Rams can

550
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:00,639
Speaker 3: in this game.

551
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 2: The Rams are playing the Eagles, and there is a

552
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 2: potential snowstorm heading.

553
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,960
Speaker 3: Towards Well that definitely favors Philly, that definitely fail. I

554
00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,120
Speaker 3: don't Laffert's played in bad weather in the NFC North

555
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,679
Speaker 3: and all that when he's been on the road right

556
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 3: right right at home. I don't care it Hurts. Is

557
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 3: built for this, The team is built for this. Saquon

558
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 3: built for this. They've got the tools to win in

559
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,440
Speaker 3: the snow if it's a snow covered field, like really

560
00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 3: bad footing, like one of those situations, right Eagles.

561
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 2: Stafford had one of his best games ever at Philly

562
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 2: in the big snowstorm. When he was at the Lions

563
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 2: in the Eagles, he had a great game. Somehow, I

564
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 2: agree with you. I think Eagles Eagles. Then the big one, the.

565
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 1: Big one Ravens Bills.

566
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,680
Speaker 2: Basically everybody is saying that the winner of this game

567
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,240
Speaker 2: is going to win the Super Bowl for the next

568
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,679
Speaker 2: ten years. Apparently the Ravens are a one point favorite

569
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,479
Speaker 2: against the Bills in Orchard Park.

570
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,920
Speaker 4: Thoughts kind of like the Bills to just do it.

571
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 3: I think the Ravens see both these teams, I think

572
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,600
Speaker 3: it's in their heads, can we really get to the

573
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 3: super Bowl?

574
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 9: Right?

575
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 3: And I know there's been a lot of talk about

576
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,400
Speaker 3: who loses this game and how what a devastating blow

577
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 3: that is to go out in the divisional round. This

578
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,280
Speaker 3: feels like an AFC championship game. Let's be honest. It

579
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 3: feels like it, but it's not. But it says a

580
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,360
Speaker 3: lot about this era that we're in. You got Mahomes,

581
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,240
Speaker 3: those two guys, got CJ up and coming. This AFC

582
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 3: burrows not even in the playoffs. We've got a lot

583
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,000
Speaker 3: of good quarterbacks around here. This is amazing and you've

584
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 3: got this amazing matchup. Enjoy it. And I think the

585
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 3: Bills find a way now as I say that Henry's

586
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 3: gonna run all over them and stuff.

587
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,800
Speaker 4: But you know, playing at home, it's a playoff game.

588
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 3: You make a couple of stops here and there, you

589
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 3: get a turnover. Who knows they cannot be fooled by Henry.

590
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,600
Speaker 3: They've got to me. If anybody's gonna beat me on

591
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,479
Speaker 3: the Ravens, it's not gonna be Derek Henry.

592
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 4: I've got to stop Henry.

593
00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 3: I'll take my look, Lamar is probably gonna beat you,

594
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 3: but I want to stop Henry first. That's got to

595
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 3: be job won. If Henry's running, it's over. It's just over.

596
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 3: You got no shot. If Henry gets one hundred and

597
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 3: twenty five yards more or more, you're done. So you

598
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 3: gotta stop Henry. Okay, So here's my dream nineteen seventy four.

599
00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:15,920
Speaker 3: I know I'm going back. I'm dating myself.

600
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:20,280
Speaker 2: But in nineteen seventy four, the Oakland Raiders and the

601
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:26,360
Speaker 2: Miami Dolphins were playing in Alameda, Oakland, Alameda County Stadium Cosseum,

602
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,280
Speaker 2: and it was thought those are the two best teams

603
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:34,120
Speaker 2: in the NFL. The Dolphins were two time defending world champions.

604
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 2: The Raiders were thought to be that team Stabler and

605
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,680
Speaker 2: in the other game it was the Steelers and I

606
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 2: can't remember the Steelers were playing.

607
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 1: They maybe the Colts. Nobody's really paying attention to that game.

608
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: So these two battle and battle in battle. It's a

609
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: Steve Hans game. The Raiders win.

610
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:56,160
Speaker 2: Raiders win AFC Championship game in Oakland, next week going

611
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:56,919
Speaker 2: to the super Bowl.

612
00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: It's all about going to the super Bowl.

613
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 2: They even wrote article and Sports Illustrated the winner of

614
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 2: this is going to Super Bowl. And the Steelers went

615
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 2: in and beat them the next week and became a dynasty.

616
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 2: And became a dynasty. That's what I want to Texas

617
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,239
Speaker 2: to do. Let's go, let's go.

618
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:11,640
Speaker 4: I'm out.

619
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 2: I'm up for beat the Chiefs and just you know,

620
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 2: be that other team just kind of hanging around.

621
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 3: But as much as we talk about Ravens Bills, the

622
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 3: Texans are taking on the king Yeah, yea, yeah, the

623
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 3: Choice Kingdom. There's no doubt is they are taking the

624
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 3: piller of the NFL universe and you're taking on Goliath

625
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 3: and you have to knock them out.

626
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: And by the way, we are America's team this weekend.

627
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 3: Absolutely, we are America's team this weekend, America's faves. Last week,

628
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 3: we hate you. We don't need to take anything out

629
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 3: bye week.

630
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 2: This week now they're like, help us out, knock them out,

631
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 2: beat them.

632
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: So okay, we'll go do that.

633
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 4: Hopefully.

634
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 2: How we do that, I'll get into next with Keys

635
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 2: to the Game and one of the big factors in

636
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 2: this one, Nico Collins sat down with Drew Doherty as well.

637
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,479
Speaker 2: That's next on Texans All Access. Here we go Friday

638
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 2: out edition. Enough Texans All Access. John Harris, your host

639
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 2: taking you up to eight o'clock. Mark will take you

640
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:09,480
Speaker 2: up from eight to nine. That's Area forty five. It's

641
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:13,080
Speaker 2: the night before the game, and well we're in Kansas City,

642
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,000
Speaker 2: but still we get radio done when we need to

643
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 2: get it done, and we've got plenty for you tonight. Now,

644
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 2: Mark and I talk a lot about this game. One

645
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 2: of the things I always do in this segment keys

646
00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 2: to a win over the Kansas City Chiefs. So let's

647
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 2: get into those keys, and let's start here, because one

648
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 2: of the big keys is Nico Collins. The pro bowler

649
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 2: for the first time, will play a big role in

650
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 2: this game. And he caught up with Drew Doherty earlier today.

651
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,040
Speaker 9: That is correct. We've got wide receiver Nico Collins with

652
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 9: us right now. Nico, good to be with you. This

653
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 9: Texans team is getting hot at the right time. It's

654
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 9: a pretty accurate description how things are going when you

655
00:29:58,360 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 9: say yeah, I agree.

656
00:29:59,320 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 5: I agree.

657
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 10: I fel there's no better timing right now and to

658
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 10: be playing the best football you can play right now,

659
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,080
Speaker 10: just when everything matters the most.

660
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 5: So we gotta go out and just be us this week.

661
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,959
Speaker 9: Let's boil it down to the offense. How are you

662
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 9: guys clicking right now? Headed into Kansas City, We're clicking.

663
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 5: I feel like everything's going well.

664
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 11: Man.

665
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 10: I feel like for us, we gotta go out and

666
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 10: it's cute. Continue to be us. Continue to take one

667
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,000
Speaker 10: play at a time and put points on the board,

668
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 10: you know for our team, because you know our defense

669
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 10: going handle theirs.

670
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 5: They're making big plays.

671
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 10: Stopping So I flight for us as an offense to

672
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 10: be able to go on the road, Man, we gotta

673
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:26,719
Speaker 10: put up points.

674
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 5: So I feel like we locked in right now.

675
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,920
Speaker 9: It's a second straight year, second time in your career.

676
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,240
Speaker 9: Now you'll play in the divisional round on the road.

677
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 9: How valuable do you think last year's experience and you

678
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 9: know even last week playing here has been you got

679
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 9: three playoff games under your belt.

680
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 5: Now it's good. Man, I feel like it's a blessing

681
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 5: to be in the playoffs.

682
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 11: Man.

683
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 5: You know, some teams there, some teams not.

684
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 10: I feel like for us, Man, I'm seeing there's another opportunity,

685
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 10: you know, another workday, another opportunity to go out and

686
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 10: just be you and have fun another day playing football.

687
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 10: It is a good feeling. Man, another week. But I

688
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 10: feel like for us to go on the road. Man,

689
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 10: we know what type of team Casey is He's gonna take.

690
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 10: Everybody feel like, Man, the energy right now is locked in.

691
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 10: Everybody's having fun, you know, and getting ready you know

692
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 10: for this opportunity. You know, it's opportunity only come only

693
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 10: so many times, so I feel like we got take

694
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 10: advantage of it and they have fun to be us, we'd

695
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:12,719
Speaker 10: come out with a win.

696
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 9: Kansas City cornerback Trent McDuffie's a very good one. He

697
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 9: was very complimentary of you very recently. What do you

698
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 9: see from him? What do you see from the rest

699
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 9: of that Chief's secondary?

700
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 10: Sorry man saying man, corners a knife man, duffy all

701
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,400
Speaker 10: poor corner man. You know, so we know what type

702
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 10: of matchup is going to be. You know, the sticky

703
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 10: corners man, great secondary, great d line man. So I

704
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 10: feel like for us, man, it's gonna be a great game. Man,

705
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 10: we've gotta go out and be sharp, be on in

706
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 10: details all four quarters.

707
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 4: And have fun.

708
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 5: Man.

709
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 10: You gotta win your matchup. Take them whenever your opportunity come,

710
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 10: make a play. Great corners man, great defense over there, man,

711
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 10: So we know what type of energy we gotta bring.

712
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 9: You played them right before Christmas, so it's about a

713
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 9: month ago that that happened. How different team are you, guys?

714
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 9: How different team are they? And how different is this

715
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 9: offensive yours?

716
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 6: Right now?

717
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 5: Yeah?

718
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 10: I played them earlier in the year, same on the

719
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 10: road you know, I feel like now we're a different team.

720
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:58,479
Speaker 10: Of course they're a different team now, you know, as

721
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 10: the weeks go on, but now it's play of football.

722
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 3: Man.

723
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 5: I feel like, now you got to go and play

724
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 5: your basket ball.

725
00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 10: Leave everything got there, you know, whatever it takes at

726
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 10: this point, because you know, we only got two weeks,

727
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 10: three weeks out to really get into that goal where

728
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 10: we want to go. I feel like it's no better

729
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 10: time right now to be playing your best football and

730
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 10: leaving everything you got on the field.

731
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,480
Speaker 6: What's it like playing at Narrowhead Stadium?

732
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 5: Man, it's loud, but it's amazing outphere.

733
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 2: Man.

734
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 10: I love the atmosphere. I love just you know, going

735
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 10: on the road. I love the way games. Actually, I'm

736
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 10: not gonna lie, but you know it's a low of stadium.

737
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 7: Man.

738
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 10: You're gonna have to, you know, be locked down on

739
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 10: the details, locked in on the game plan because they

740
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 10: rally over there. But the atmosphere is great, man, I

741
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 10: love it. So it's no better feeling going on the

742
00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 10: road with your brothers.

743
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 6: Hey, what was it like?

744
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 9: We see Demico Ryans getting so excited on the sidelines

745
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,440
Speaker 9: every game he was micd up by NFL Films had

746
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 9: some fun things to say. We saw what Frank Ross

747
00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 9: special teams coordinator, how he was celebrating the block.

748
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 6: Pat.

749
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 9: What's it like when your coaches have that sort of emotion.

750
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 5: Man, It frees a lot of energy to the whole team.

751
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 1: Man.

752
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 10: You've seen your coaches engaged like that. Show the energy, man,

753
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 10: it shows that they carry. They love about your man.

754
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 10: So it's only you mess the energy you mess, you know,

755
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 10: do enthusiasm, man. You know they love when you out

756
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 10: there making plays and making those big moments.

757
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 12: Man.

758
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 10: That's what we ground for. That's what you know, we

759
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 10: put in hours for, you know, for those moments. Man.

760
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 10: But just having you know, seeing Demico coach Ross Man

761
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 10: run up and down the sideline, man with the energy

762
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 10: is it's amazing.

763
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 5: It's amazing to see, amazing feel making.

764
00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 10: It make you feel good about yourself making plays, you know,

765
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 10: really just make you want to continue to make plays,

766
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 10: you know, for the entire team organization out there, you know,

767
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 10: seeing the type of energy it brains.

768
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 9: All right, we hope you make lots of plays on

769
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 9: Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium against the Chief's. Best of luck

770
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 9: to you, Nico Collins and hopefully get to do this

771
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 9: again very very soon.

772
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 5: Always man, thank you so much.

773
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 2: S Tree, the dulcent tones of Nico Collins and of

774
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 2: course our man Drew Doherty. And when you hear Nico talk,

775
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 2: you think, man, such a sweet guy.

776
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: Then you see him on.

777
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 2: The field in an absolute dynamo, exciting physical We got

778
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 2: to have all of that. Even if they call wide

779
00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 2: receiver screens against in the city this week. Gotta make

780
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 2: them happen. Gotta make plays receivers, Gotta make things happen.

781
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,319
Speaker 2: And I said, my cream of the robbers, if you

782
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 2: listen in the lab earlier this week, or if you're

783
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 2: gonna do it this weekend, you'll know my cream of

784
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 2: the crobbers. Every pass catcher not named Nico Collins. I

785
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 2: trust Nico's gonna show up and be a problem for

786
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 2: the Chiefs. If CJ is given time to throw, and

787
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 2: I think that will happen, then Nico ends up being

788
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 2: And look, the Chiefs are gonna put a focus on him.

789
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 2: They're gonna be a couple of red jerseys pretty much

790
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 2: everywhere he goes. But that's okay. Nico beats that. He's

791
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 2: still sort of open, and there are different ways you

792
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,760
Speaker 2: can get in the ball. I would imagine Trent McDuffie

793
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 2: will take some of that that opportunity against Nico Collins,

794
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 2: if you gonna call it that. And McDuffie is one

795
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,240
Speaker 2: of the best there is. He is a definite, definite

796
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 2: key on the defensive side. So we'll get to the

797
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 2: defensive side for the Chiefs in the Texas offense in

798
00:34:55,040 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 2: a little bit. Well, let's talk first about the Mahomes. Yes,

799
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 2: I came up with I came up with six of

800
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 2: the Mahomes rules his offense. That for the Chiefs, it's

801
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 2: twenty second in the NFL one hundred and five point

802
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 2: three yards per game rushing passing yards two hundred twenty

803
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 2: two one four. That's obviously lower than what they've done

804
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:19,560
Speaker 2: in the past. That's fourteenth. But those two go together

805
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 2: in a sense because Mahomes has made so many key

806
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:28,919
Speaker 2: plays on the ground that start as passes, straight dropbacks. Oh,

807
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 2: oh my god, I can't tell you I said this

808
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 2: to that. I know your foe. He had fifty eight

809
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:40,280
Speaker 2: runs this year. I have watched all fifty eight of them,

810
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 2: all of them, and they come back to a couple

811
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 2: of consistent points. And this is where I came up

812
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 2: with these rules because of the way that he scrambles.

813
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 2: Number One, you have to rush in concert. This can't

814
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 2: be a one man band. This can't be solos. This

815
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 2: has gotta be a four man jam, five man jam

816
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 2: up front, everybody playing off one another. You go here,

817
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 2: I go here, you go there, I go here. To

818
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 2: make sure that those running lanes and the A gaps

819
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 2: and the B gaps are taken care of. He had

820
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 2: the touchdown run against us in the early in the game,

821
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 2: but he also had to scramble on third down where

822
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 2: he got away to that backside B gap that Dimiko

823
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,320
Speaker 2: Rans talked about. So you got to rush in concert.

824
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 2: If a guy steps out of his lane, you're gonna

825
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 2: have to fight that. Oh I want to go on

826
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 2: the high side. I feel good, I can get this

827
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,400
Speaker 2: rip move in and then all of a sudden, you

828
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 2: open up a big gap backside that he can get to.

829
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,320
Speaker 2: So you gotta rush in concert with one another along

830
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 2: those lines. Stay aggressive by being ready to redirect back inside.

831
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 2: I noticed this with watching last year's game against Lamar Jackson.

832
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 2: You could tell the Texas defensive ends had been well

833
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 2: schooled during the week. If you feel yourself going up

834
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,720
Speaker 2: field and getting pushed a field. Spim back, redirect back,

835
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 2: and get yourself back in that area where mahomes. In

836
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 2: that case, Jackson would then escape to You've got to

837
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 2: take that out. See do not do not, do not,

838
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 2: do not fall.

839
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 1: For any pump fakes. I can't tell you there were

840
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: at least at least seven runs at least maybe more

841
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 1: where he would get two yards beyond the line scrimmage.

842
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:35,280
Speaker 2: He can't throw it. He pump fakes and a linebacker freezes.

843
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,959
Speaker 2: You cannot fall for pump fakes.

844
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:39,959
Speaker 1: Number four.

845
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 2: Force him to the sidelines, then get hands off. Run

846
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 2: him to the sidelines, and then get your hands off.

847
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 2: He will flop for fifteen He will flop for fifteen yards.

848
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 2: Don't give even the slightest inclination that you touched him

849
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 2: going out of bounce. But force him out, get him out,

850
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:11,240
Speaker 2: and then get your hands off. Five linebackers and dvs

851
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 2: are hugely important here. I saw a lot of his

852
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 2: scrambles where he would run to an open spot, and

853
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 2: dbs just kept dropping to a zone because they're you know,

854
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 2: they know they got to stay, you know, stay down field.

855
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 2: But there's no receiver there all receivers on the other

856
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 2: side of the field, and there's in the dB is

857
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 2: just keeps backing up into open zone when there's nobody,

858
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 2: So linebackers and dbs have to understand who's in my zone,

859
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 2: who could get in my zone. I can't leave with this,

860
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 2: but I also can't just start dropping and dropping and dropping.

861
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 2: And then Mahomes scots out of there and he makes

862
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 2: a run of eight nine yards and I could have

863
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 2: cut that down to two or three yards. And the

864
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 2: last one, if he's going to leave the pocket, he

865
00:38:56,040 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 2: has to bounce out in around defensive ends, not inside

866
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,360
Speaker 2: of them, then out. That's what he does so well,

867
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 2: steps up into the pocket and then out. CJ does

868
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 2: that pretty well. Mahomes has mastered it. The defensive ends

869
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 2: have got to force him out and a round. If

870
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 2: he's gonna leave the pocket, make him bounce around you

871
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 2: and give guys time to get over there and help

872
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 2: you on those plays, those well, those are just the

873
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,959
Speaker 2: six I came up with the ribe. Some other ones

874
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 2: that are involved, and the last one is most importantly, Well,

875
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 2: it's gonna be number three, so I'll get to that

876
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,640
Speaker 2: number two. Key Hollywood Brown, What does Hollywood add to

877
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 2: this offense, he's only played two games with Mahomes. What

878
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 2: we saw was not the deep threat I think we

879
00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 2: all expected to see, I think, and going in I

880
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 2: just said, well, he's gonna play, he's gonna run nine

881
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 2: routes and they're gonna try and hit him. But really,

882
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 2: where he was effective against us was in the short

883
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 2: passing game, where he could catch passes and then do

884
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 2: something after the catch. That's where I think he became

885
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 2: very valuable.

886
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: He and worthy.

887
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 2: So they become big in those areas inas much as

888
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 2: they catch the ball and make something happen after the catch,

889
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 2: or they still have the ability to go deep down

890
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 2: the field, but they weren't as successful hitting those and

891
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 2: the Texans do a nice job of staying over the

892
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 2: top and not giving up a lot of those deep balls,

893
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 2: at least lately, which leads to the keenumber three. This

894
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 2: is tackle not touch. I wrote this wrong. I said touch,

895
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 2: not tackle. It can't be a game of touch not tackle.

896
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 2: Put that way, the Texans have to tackle well, no doubt,

897
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 2: they can't miss in space. They've got to make every

898
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 2: tackle when they are in position to make it, and

899
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 2: they've got.

900
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 1: To bring four three four.

901
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 2: Multiple guys, multiple white shirts, have got to be at

902
00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 2: the ball carrier. And going back to Mahome, you got

903
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,879
Speaker 2: to finish on the quarterback. You got to bring him down.

904
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 2: Tim Settle almost had him down on the touchdown scramble.

905
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 2: Timmy Ward almost had him down one time on a

906
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 2: scramble on a third down. You have to bring him down.

907
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,760
Speaker 2: Christian Harris did a great job of that in the Blitz.

908
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 2: Threw his hands up, took away any kind of passing lane,

909
00:41:23,480 --> 00:41:27,360
Speaker 2: and then immediately wrapped him up and held on. Every

910
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 2: white shirt that gets back there has got to do that.

911
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,719
Speaker 2: And if he's running with that football, low tackle that too.

912
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 2: Go get the ball. All right, let's go over.

913
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: To the Chiefs defense here.

914
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 2: This is a good group, eighth in the NFL against

915
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 2: the run, eighteenth against the pass.

916
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: But it's getting a little bit better.

917
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 2: They generated twenty turnovers this year now, but that's different

918
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,759
Speaker 2: is there? Plus four in their last three games, even

919
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 2: the Broncos game where they didn't play anybody, they had turnovers.

920
00:41:56,719 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: Create turnovers. So here we go. Here the keys, Chris Jones.

921
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:03,759
Speaker 2: We know that there's just not a whole lot you

922
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 2: can do with Chris Jones you gotta buckle up, bring

923
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 2: a big boy pads and hit him right in the

924
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 2: mouth as much as you possibly can.

925
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,840
Speaker 1: And it's not just the interior guys.

926
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 2: Blake Fisher and Laramie Tunsel have got to do a

927
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 2: better job, in particular Laramie against Chris Jones power. Laramie

928
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,879
Speaker 2: struggled one time with Joey Bosa's power last week. He

929
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 2: cannot this week. And Chris Jones, when he wasn't getting

930
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 2: inside what he wanted, he moved outside to go against

931
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 2: Laramie and Blake, and Blake did a decent job on him.

932
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 2: Laramie struggled a little bit with the power. They can't struggle.

933
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 2: They cannot at all against Chris Jones and the Interior.

934
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 2: No matter what that lineup is going to look like,

935
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:49,919
Speaker 2: they've got to be ready to rock, and by rock,

936
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 2: I mean hit him right in the face.

937
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,800
Speaker 1: Number two. The unknowns the one thing that and I

938
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 1: talked to a couple of people about this in the building.

939
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 2: When we've laid the chief over the years, you know,

940
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 2: it's been uh Ben neeven dirty Dan Sorens and tackling

941
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:09,560
Speaker 2: Justin Reed on a fake punt.

942
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:14,439
Speaker 1: It's been the unknown guys. The underrated guys. This team

943
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 1: is full of them.

944
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 2: Mike Dana at defensive end, Carlsto play inside, Mike Panell,

945
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,399
Speaker 2: the big dude up front, Chris Rowland Wallace came into

946
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 2: the game last time we played him and he was outstanding,

947
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 2: playing kind of a nickel linebacker hybrid sort of thing.

948
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 2: Jayden Hicks, second round rookie. I think it's gonna be

949
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 2: pretty good. Had to pick. These guys impact the game.

950
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:42,879
Speaker 2: Their EX factors are that much better than most other

951
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 2: teams X factors. Our EX factors have got to outplay

952
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 2: theirs because I think our stars can go toe to toe,

953
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 2: but it's our X factors that have got to step

954
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:58,879
Speaker 2: up and make plays against these guys. Mike Panell, Mike Dana,

955
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,919
Speaker 2: Chrys Roland Wallace, Jadan Hicks. Those guys can't be Dan

956
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 2: Sorenson and Ben Neemon. Again, those X factors have to

957
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 2: be out X factored by our EX factors, if that

958
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:15,360
Speaker 2: makes sense. And finally, Jay Reid, Justin Reid, we know

959
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 2: him from his time in Houston. Dude's a fantastic football player.

960
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,960
Speaker 2: We know he's a really good football player. We have

961
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 2: got to limit what he can do in this defense.

962
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: But here's the key.

963
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:31,759
Speaker 2: He tells you what's going on in this defense by

964
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 2: his alignment, by him creeping up to the line of scrimmage.

965
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 1: He tells you what's going on.

966
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 2: And when he does, believe him, believe him and take

967
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:45,240
Speaker 2: account for him and limit his impact in this game. Okay,

968
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 2: I mentioned in the report a little bit. Who's in,

969
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 2: who's out. We'll discuss that. Nobody's out for the Texans,

970
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 2: but there are a few questionables we need to keep

971
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,040
Speaker 2: our eyes on. That's next on Texans Axis. Welcome back

972
00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 2: to this Friday night edition of Texans All Access from

973
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 2: the hundred Texans Radio Studio.

974
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John.

975
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:08,799
Speaker 2: Harris, Football Ana, the sideline reporter for your Houston Texans.

976
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:10,880
Speaker 2: It's time to take a look at this injury report.

977
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 2: It isn't great, in horrible, just based on numbers, but

978
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 2: who the numbers are become really important now. From the

979
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 2: chief side. Nico Hardman knee, he's been on IR, Jalen

980
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:31,560
Speaker 2: Watson's been on IR. Hardman's doubtful and I've never seen

981
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 2: Doubtful play and I'm not really planning on him to play.

982
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,359
Speaker 2: But Jalen Watson, the corner could play and that could

983
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 2: be important. He hasn't played in a while, and we

984
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 2: missed him in that last game and they had to

985
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 2: play kind of a gaggle at corners, and Jalen Watson's

986
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 2: the kind of guy size wise that can match up

987
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 2: Nico Collins. Now on the Texans side, there are four questionables.

988
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,360
Speaker 2: Joe Mixon, Robert Woods. Neither one of them practiced yesterday

989
00:45:57,800 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 2: as he's al Shire has practiced the last days in

990
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 2: a limited capacity dealing with the need and taking. Victoriano

991
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 2: is practiced all week with a calf issue. He's questionable.

992
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 2: So there are a lot of thoughts here, and we

993
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:21,360
Speaker 2: won't know until kickoff exactly what's gonna happen, even whatever

994
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 2: comes on the media or whatever.

995
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:23,160
Speaker 1: We just don't know.

996
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 2: Because Joe could actually play, but then maybe not make

997
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 2: it through, you know, the first two plays of the game.

998
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 2: So who knows, but Joe, Robert questionable, asease, questionable, teaguing, questionable.

999
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,360
Speaker 2: Those I mean, those four, I mean you got to

1000
00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 2: have them. You'd love to be able to have him.

1001
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:46,920
Speaker 2: But here's the thing. What you have is what you have.

1002
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:49,319
Speaker 2: If Joe can't go, it's time for Damian Peers to

1003
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 2: step up. If Robert Woods, can't go, John Metchi, Xavier Hutchinson.

1004
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:56,359
Speaker 2: They got a ball out. It's as simple as that.

1005
00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 2: Who's ever out? I mean, it is next man up,

1006
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 2: and it's all men up for this one against the

1007
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 2: Kansas City Chiefs.

1008
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:03,359
Speaker 6: All right.

1009
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 2: A guy who knows that has joined us every single

1010
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 2: Friday through the season. He is Jonathan Alexander from the

1011
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,880
Speaker 2: Houston Chronicle. He will join us next right here on

1012
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 2: Texans All Access. We got one hour down and two

1013
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 2: more to go. Yes, each and every Friday we get

1014
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:22,320
Speaker 2: a little extra hour from eight to nine.

1015
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,840
Speaker 1: Marco, have you with that hour?

1016
00:47:25,080 --> 00:47:25,360
Speaker 4: Fully?

1017
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,799
Speaker 2: Fadakosi, Nick Assario gonna be in that hour as well

1018
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 2: as we live as we go through some of the

1019
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:36,360
Speaker 2: best of the week here on Texans All Access. Now,

1020
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 2: one of my favorite times of the week is when

1021
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,920
Speaker 2: this next gentleman comes and sits right next to us

1022
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,399
Speaker 2: in studio and we chop it up about what's going

1023
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:47,840
Speaker 2: on in the NFL, what's going on with the Texans,

1024
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 2: what's happening this week with the Texans. We've done this

1025
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 2: all year long, and Jonathan Alexander has been awesome, really

1026
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 2: really good on the Mike. A great writer, great storyteller,

1027
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 2: excellent dude, excellent media member, and Jonathan Alexander joins Mark

1028
00:48:03,719 --> 00:48:05,000
Speaker 2: and myself.

1029
00:48:04,640 --> 00:48:08,760
Speaker 3: Right here in studio with us. Jonathan Alexander, Houston Chronicle.

1030
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 3: All right, Jonathan, here we go. Historic game about to

1031
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 3: take place, in the first one since last year's historic

1032
00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 3: game in the divisional round.

1033
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 4: But this feels different? Does it feel different.

1034
00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 3: To you as you've head to Kansas City to watch

1035
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:23,880
Speaker 3: the Texans take out the Chiefs.

1036
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:24,399
Speaker 6: Yeah?

1037
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,840
Speaker 12: I think so, because I mean, last year, we knew

1038
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 12: that the Ravens were a juggernaut, and you know, the

1039
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:38,000
Speaker 12: Texans coming off that upset of the Browns, you know

1040
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:40,960
Speaker 12: that there was a limited time on how far they

1041
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:45,120
Speaker 12: could go. This year, they're a little bit more experienced.

1042
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 12: They just blew out the Chargers. We know that there

1043
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 12: are two different Texans teams, one when they're at their

1044
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:55,160
Speaker 12: best and one when they're struggling. So you kind of

1045
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:58,359
Speaker 12: wonder what to make of this game where we see

1046
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,960
Speaker 12: the best Texans team where the defense is playing lights

1047
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 12: out and CG. Stroud has confidence and is hating his

1048
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:06,760
Speaker 12: guys like Nico Collins and Joe Mixon is running well.

1049
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 12: When that team shows up, that team really can be

1050
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 12: just about anybody. Now, of course, the Chiefs. They're the

1051
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 12: defending back to back champions and they're one of the

1052
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 12: best teams they have experience. Having said that, I think

1053
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:23,440
Speaker 12: this Chiefs team is not the previous chief teams. I

1054
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,800
Speaker 12: think they can be beaten, despite what the record suggests.

1055
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 2: So how do the Texans win this game? We'll start offensively?

1056
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,799
Speaker 2: How do they win this football game? Does this have

1057
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:37,120
Speaker 2: to be a shootout to win it? Does this have

1058
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,839
Speaker 2: to be a low scoring game for them to win it?

1059
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 2: What kind of style of game do you think offensively

1060
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,879
Speaker 2: the Texans have to play Jonathan to win this game?

1061
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 12: Well, I think first I think it has to be

1062
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:49,840
Speaker 12: low scoring for them to win it. But first I

1063
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:52,439
Speaker 12: think it starts with them stopping to run. I think

1064
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 12: if they can stop the Chiefs running back with the

1065
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:56,640
Speaker 12: Chiefs running backs haven't had a ton of success, but

1066
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 12: they had a little bit success in that first game.

1067
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:00,960
Speaker 12: But it starts with stop in the run. Once you

1068
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,399
Speaker 12: stop the run and make a team one dimensional, then

1069
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 12: that allows your defensive linemen to get after the quarterback.

1070
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,800
Speaker 12: And we saw that against the Charges. After that first series,

1071
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 12: the Charges running backs can do anything. And then you

1072
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:16,800
Speaker 12: saw the defensive line hitting Justin Herbert just play after play,

1073
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 12: have to play rushing his rows and a loud Stingley

1074
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:23,480
Speaker 12: and Kamara Laster to get picks, and Eric Murray too.

1075
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:25,920
Speaker 12: So I think that's going to be the key for Texans,

1076
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,480
Speaker 12: is first stopping to run and then allowing that defensive

1077
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 12: line to just tee off and get after the quarterback.

1078
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:32,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess that's the big question.

1079
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:36,040
Speaker 3: Can they get pressure, Can they get to Mahomes often

1080
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 3: enough with just four or do they have to send

1081
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 3: disease or whoever else they deem appropriate to send.

1082
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,400
Speaker 12: You know, I think I don't think they have to

1083
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,360
Speaker 12: send it all the time. I think, if I'm not mistaken,

1084
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,520
Speaker 12: the Texans send blitz about a third of the time.

1085
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,640
Speaker 12: But you know, I think it is smart to utilize

1086
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,320
Speaker 12: it wisely on third and long situations, third and twelve,

1087
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 12: third and eleven.

1088
00:50:57,239 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 8: Send the blitz.

1089
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:01,760
Speaker 12: Make Patrick Mahomes get it out of his hands quicker

1090
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:04,960
Speaker 12: than he wants, or make him extend plays. He's very

1091
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,320
Speaker 12: good at that, but I think you increase your chances

1092
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,719
Speaker 12: of getting to him when you do it. But if

1093
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:11,680
Speaker 12: that four man resk can get out of the quarterback

1094
00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 12: and you have more people than coverage, and that certainly

1095
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:19,040
Speaker 12: makes it easier for the Texans to cause problems for

1096
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:19,560
Speaker 12: the Chiefs.

1097
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,960
Speaker 2: How much do you think rust is a factor for

1098
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 2: the Chiefs.

1099
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 12: I think it certainly plays a factor. I mean, twenty

1100
00:51:26,200 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 12: three days in between the last time they played. Now

1101
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:32,080
Speaker 12: they're going to be healthier, and that's great. But you

1102
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 12: do wonder how not playing live action football in three

1103
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,080
Speaker 12: weeks will affect you. A lot of teams struggle coming

1104
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 12: off by weeks. We saw the Texans have that struggle

1105
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:45,440
Speaker 12: last year. So I just wonder if three weeks that

1106
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 12: is a long time, how much that will affect the Chiefs.

1107
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,480
Speaker 12: It'll probably help and it will probably hurt in some aspects.

1108
00:51:51,600 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 3: I feel like it helps that you were just there

1109
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,520
Speaker 3: a month ago and you know the lay of the land.

1110
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:55,680
Speaker 2: Now.

1111
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:57,440
Speaker 3: I know it's a different environment as far as the

1112
00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:01,840
Speaker 3: intensity playoffs Chiefs. Maybe they had some wrinkles whatever else,

1113
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 3: But what about that fact that you've been there recently.

1114
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:07,799
Speaker 12: Yeah, I think the Texans know what to expect. They've

1115
00:52:07,840 --> 00:52:09,799
Speaker 12: been to Chiefs. They know how loud it is in

1116
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:13,200
Speaker 12: the stadium, they know the playoff atmosphere, they know what

1117
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:17,439
Speaker 12: it takes something that CJ. Stroud said to me when

1118
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:20,719
Speaker 12: I asked him after the Titans game what he had

1119
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,520
Speaker 12: learned from that first playoff experiences. They learned not to

1120
00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:25,520
Speaker 12: get down in themselves. You know this is going to

1121
00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 12: be a situation where penalties will be called and you

1122
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:29,880
Speaker 12: might feel like it doesn't go your way. Well, you

1123
00:52:29,920 --> 00:52:32,680
Speaker 12: can't let that affect the next play. They got to

1124
00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:35,719
Speaker 12: move on. They know that sometimes calls won't go their way,

1125
00:52:35,800 --> 00:52:38,359
Speaker 12: so they'll have to focus and just try to make

1126
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:40,200
Speaker 12: a play and try to make up for it. They

1127
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:43,960
Speaker 12: can't allow penalties to have a negative effect on what

1128
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:44,319
Speaker 12: they do.

1129
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:48,239
Speaker 2: Mahomes is so good, and I've tried to come up

1130
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 2: with I think I've got five.

1131
00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,360
Speaker 1: Rules, like call the Mahomes Rules.

1132
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 2: Six that I've come up with that I think you

1133
00:52:55,480 --> 00:52:59,160
Speaker 2: have to abide by to get after Patrick Mahomes.

1134
00:52:59,239 --> 00:53:01,759
Speaker 4: We're up to six throughout the sixth. Okay, actually I

1135
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:02,520
Speaker 4: have to like twelve.

1136
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 2: But I kind of narrowed him down about what you

1137
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:08,440
Speaker 2: have to do when you rush him, because he can

1138
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 2: beat you from the pocket, There's no doubt. I mean

1139
00:53:10,040 --> 00:53:11,680
Speaker 2: he could throw the ball from the pocket. It's fine,

1140
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,200
Speaker 2: but you're gonna pick your poison. I think you'd rather

1141
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:18,560
Speaker 2: him throw from the pocket with an enveloping rush as

1142
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:21,680
Speaker 2: opposed to, Oh, he's scooting on second and nine up

1143
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,200
Speaker 2: the a gaps for a fifteen yard game like he

1144
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 2: did for the touchdown to kicked off the scoring in December.

1145
00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:30,239
Speaker 2: What do you think is a bigger issue when you

1146
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:34,919
Speaker 2: face Mahomes having him throw from a condensed like enveloping well,

1147
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:37,920
Speaker 2: or when he's able to scramble and go make plays.

1148
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:38,279
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1149
00:53:38,280 --> 00:53:40,439
Speaker 12: When when Mahomes is able to scramble and make plays,

1150
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:42,960
Speaker 12: that's when he's at its best. Him creating and extending

1151
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 12: plays and giving his receivers more opportunities to get open.

1152
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 12: That's when he causes problems for defense. So the Texans

1153
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:52,560
Speaker 12: are going to have to create a muddy pocket, and

1154
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 12: when they get hands on him, they're going to have

1155
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,600
Speaker 12: to bring him down. They can't let him escape. They

1156
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 12: have to tackle him and bring him down. And they

1157
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,439
Speaker 12: got to send guys at him. I mean, these guys

1158
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 12: have to be relentless because Mahomes is a guy who

1159
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:07,799
Speaker 12: can make nothing out of something for sure.

1160
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,840
Speaker 3: Jonathan Alexander of the Chronicle with us, Jonathan, what do

1161
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:15,440
Speaker 3: you think of the dynasty the Chiefs dynasty here. I

1162
00:54:15,560 --> 00:54:19,000
Speaker 3: know the Patriots had a longer run, but the Patriots

1163
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,680
Speaker 3: kind of went not quiet but seven. They had that

1164
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:24,120
Speaker 3: undefeated season until they got to the super Bowl eleven

1165
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 3: they lost another super Bowl. Took them a while to

1166
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 3: win another super Bowl since two thousand and four, they

1167
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:31,359
Speaker 3: went a decade without winning one, which, all right, most

1168
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 3: teams would love that. But whatever, what do you think

1169
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:37,040
Speaker 3: of this dynasty compared to some others we've seen in

1170
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:37,920
Speaker 3: NFL history?

1171
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:39,840
Speaker 4: Forty nine Ers, Steelers, all of that.

1172
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:43,160
Speaker 12: I mean, I think it's impressive because of how they're

1173
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:47,160
Speaker 12: doing it. Despite having to pay these guys like Patrick

1174
00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:51,800
Speaker 12: Mahomes and Chris Jones all this money. They just seem

1175
00:54:51,960 --> 00:54:56,480
Speaker 12: to find the right pieces to re up in the draft.

1176
00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 12: You know, I love the Exavier Worthy pick, such a

1177
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:04,600
Speaker 12: speedy guy. But their defense is really what's been impressive.

1178
00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:09,400
Speaker 12: You know, Andy Reids himself as a as an offensive mind,

1179
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:13,720
Speaker 12: who he hires, Steve Spagnola is a great defensive mind.

1180
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:18,399
Speaker 12: They're always going to be in contention, and they seem

1181
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:21,239
Speaker 12: to have kind of like a strangle holds on the

1182
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:23,720
Speaker 12: NFL because I really don't think that their most talented

1183
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 12: team this year, yet they won fifteen games. They went

1184
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:31,360
Speaker 12: fifteen to two. I think they scare some teams and

1185
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:34,400
Speaker 12: I think they're fundamentally sound on both sides of the football.

1186
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:35,520
Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt.

1187
00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:39,600
Speaker 2: All right, the game this weekend outside of Texans Chiefs

1188
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 2: Ravens Bills in Buffalo Baltimore is a one point favorite.

1189
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:50,399
Speaker 2: I saw Lewis Riddicks said this that in the production meeting,

1190
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:54,040
Speaker 2: Miles Garrett, Brown's defensive had told them if the Browns,

1191
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:58,319
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, the Ravens play like the Ravens, nobody can

1192
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:01,400
Speaker 2: beat them in the NFL remaining seven other teams.

1193
00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:04,160
Speaker 1: Wow, you buy that, and you buy them going into

1194
00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:05,279
Speaker 1: Buffalo and getting to win.

1195
00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:05,840
Speaker 2: I do.

1196
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 12: I felt like the only team that could have beat

1197
00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:10,560
Speaker 12: the Ravens was the Steelers because of the division arrival,

1198
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:13,520
Speaker 12: but the Steelers were definitely kind of going in a

1199
00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:16,400
Speaker 12: downward trajectory. I think the Ravens are the most talented

1200
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:20,520
Speaker 12: team offensively, for sure. They've gotten a lot better in

1201
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:24,720
Speaker 12: past defense, and they're the number one team is stopping

1202
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 12: a run. When you have all of those factors, you

1203
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:30,440
Speaker 12: can be any team. And as long as Lamar can

1204
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,359
Speaker 12: get over the hump in the playoff hump, that has

1205
00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:36,839
Speaker 12: kind of had a stranglehold on him, which I think

1206
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 12: he can because he has less pressure to do it

1207
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,960
Speaker 12: by himself. Now he has Derrick Henry, who is the

1208
00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,960
Speaker 12: second best running back in the league right now, he

1209
00:56:45,160 --> 00:56:47,919
Speaker 12: has him to go off of. I think that will

1210
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:50,439
Speaker 12: help the Ravens. I do think they're the strongest team

1211
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:51,000
Speaker 12: in the NFL.

1212
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:52,799
Speaker 4: You like Barkley better than Henry.

1213
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:58,640
Speaker 12: Yes, I mean I think Barkley can do it in

1214
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:02,040
Speaker 12: so many different ways. I think that there is a

1215
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:05,040
Speaker 12: blueprint to stop Henry. Those teams haven't stopped him, that

1216
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:07,120
Speaker 12: there is a blueprint to stop him. If you get

1217
00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:09,359
Speaker 12: him in the backfield, get him before he gets ahead

1218
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:11,279
Speaker 12: of steam, then you can stop him. I haven't seen

1219
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:12,600
Speaker 12: the formula to stop Barkley.

1220
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I guess the Raids game Barkley is that

1221
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 2: much better than Henry, But the Ravens are learning how

1222
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:21,040
Speaker 2: to use Henry in the passing game was.

1223
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:22,560
Speaker 4: A little bit big, a little big.

1224
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:25,880
Speaker 3: So, while we're on the subject to Barkley, NFC, who

1225
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 3: do you like coming out of the NFC. Is it

1226
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:29,720
Speaker 3: obviously Detroit or do you have somebody else in mind?

1227
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:32,280
Speaker 6: I don't think it's obviously Detroit.

1228
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:37,280
Speaker 12: I worry will the injuries affect them later on down

1229
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,800
Speaker 12: the line when you get to the NFC Championship game.

1230
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:42,400
Speaker 6: I do like what the Eagles are doing.

1231
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:45,320
Speaker 12: I think their defense is really solid, and as long

1232
00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:47,640
Speaker 12: as they run the ball with Saquan and don't turn

1233
00:57:47,720 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 12: the ball over, I do think that they can upset

1234
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:52,960
Speaker 12: the Lions. The Lions right now are the favorite, but

1235
00:57:53,080 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 12: I think they can be beaten by the Eagles. So

1236
00:57:57,120 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 12: as of right now, I would pick the Lions to advance,

1237
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:03,160
Speaker 12: but I wouldn't be surprised if the Eagles upset them.

1238
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 2: So if the three underdogs by Vegas standards, not talking

1239
00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:12,160
Speaker 2: about Texas Chiefs, but Bills are a one point underdog,

1240
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:15,640
Speaker 2: the Commanders are nine and a half point underdog, and

1241
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:17,640
Speaker 2: I think the Rams are like six.

1242
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:19,960
Speaker 1: Which one of those isn't just as.

1243
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:22,320
Speaker 2: Simple as saying, yeah, Buffalo, because Buffalo is playing at home,

1244
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:24,480
Speaker 2: that would be the underdog you'd give the biggest chance

1245
00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:24,960
Speaker 2: to get a win.

1246
00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:28,840
Speaker 12: Yeah, And I think their offense is just kind of

1247
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:31,080
Speaker 12: it's crazy too. I Mean, I don't think their offense

1248
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:32,520
Speaker 12: is better than the Ravens, but I think they have

1249
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:37,080
Speaker 12: the way Josh Allen is playing, Their confidence is through

1250
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,920
Speaker 12: rule for them to take down the Broncos, who had

1251
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:42,640
Speaker 12: the one of the better defenses in the NFL.

1252
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:44,840
Speaker 6: The way they did, I thought it was impressive.

1253
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:47,880
Speaker 12: So I do think probably when it comes out, I

1254
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:50,160
Speaker 12: don't I don't really think the under the Commanders have

1255
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:52,600
Speaker 12: much of a chance against the Lions, even though it's

1256
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:56,880
Speaker 12: been a good story for Jayden Daniels and the other team.

1257
00:58:56,920 --> 00:58:59,120
Speaker 12: Remind me, off the top of my head, Rams, Yeah,

1258
00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:01,120
Speaker 12: the Ramps. I do think the Rams have a bit

1259
00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:01,640
Speaker 12: of a chance.

1260
00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:03,640
Speaker 2: But I think the Bills the front can get after it,

1261
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:06,720
Speaker 2: and I think that that can impact what they can

1262
00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:10,360
Speaker 2: do against Jalen Hurts and in turn stop sake On Barkery.

1263
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:13,920
Speaker 2: But it Hurts gets time. He can beat that secondary. Absolutely,

1264
00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:15,400
Speaker 2: that's the thing. But you got to be able to

1265
00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:17,800
Speaker 2: get it off. Sam Darnld couldn't even get it off. Yeah, absolutely,

1266
00:59:17,840 --> 00:59:18,880
Speaker 2: they couldn't do anything with him.

1267
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:20,280
Speaker 3: All right, Jonathan, what do you have going on? On

1268
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:21,120
Speaker 3: the Houston Chronicle?

1269
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:22,000
Speaker 6: A couple of things?

1270
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:26,840
Speaker 12: Wrote a fun story on the Texans defensive line and

1271
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:31,040
Speaker 12: all their nicknames. Oh yeah, and how that is where

1272
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:33,040
Speaker 12: the origin of those nicknames came from. I know you

1273
00:59:33,080 --> 00:59:35,760
Speaker 12: all taught to ride, right, but it talked to some

1274
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:37,720
Speaker 12: of the players about how they feel about him and

1275
00:59:37,760 --> 00:59:39,520
Speaker 12: how that gets them going, and how that's fueled them

1276
00:59:39,560 --> 00:59:42,040
Speaker 12: to be one of the better defensive lines in the NFL.

1277
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:43,920
Speaker 4: Awesome, thanks a lot for joining us, Jonathan.

1278
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:44,560
Speaker 6: Thanks for having me.

1279
00:59:44,840 --> 00:59:47,280
Speaker 2: That dude is the absolute best, and we really appreciate

1280
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 2: him joining us each and every Friday, typically a top

1281
00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:54,800
Speaker 2: of the Hour and Friday hopefully. As as he left

1282
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:57,640
Speaker 2: the studio, we said to him, you know what, we'd

1283
00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:01,000
Speaker 2: like to have this interview again next, which would mean

1284
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 2: we've got more Texans All Access to do, but it's

1285
01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 2: going to take a lot to get there. Now, if

1286
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 2: the Texans did happen to win this game on Saturday

1287
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:13,320
Speaker 2: and head to the AFC Championship game, which would be

1288
01:00:13,360 --> 01:00:18,520
Speaker 2: at Buffalo or Baltimore, what would it be? Baltimore or Buffalo?

1289
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 2: I don't know about preference, but who would it be? Well,

1290
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:24,800
Speaker 2: that means I gotta make predictions. We got three games,

1291
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:27,800
Speaker 2: and you know what, we got a Monday night National

1292
01:00:27,880 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 2: Championship game. I'll make predictions for all of them next

1293
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:36,680
Speaker 2: right here on Texans All Access. All right, we've reached

1294
01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 2: that time in the show. My favorite time because it's competitive.

1295
01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:45,480
Speaker 2: I love being able to pick games straight up and

1296
01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:49,280
Speaker 2: against the spread for fun, for fun.

1297
01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:52,840
Speaker 4: Right here on Texans All Access.

1298
01:00:53,240 --> 01:00:57,440
Speaker 2: I am your host, John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter

1299
01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,760
Speaker 2: for your Houston Texas. Now. I know they're four division

1300
01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:04,840
Speaker 2: games this weekend, and you know I never pick Hearthead.

1301
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,520
Speaker 2: I never picked the Texans game. Texans are an eight

1302
01:01:07,840 --> 01:01:11,800
Speaker 2: point underdog as it sits right now. I think that

1303
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,640
Speaker 2: number has kind of moved seven and a half, eight

1304
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:15,200
Speaker 2: eight and a half kind of moved around, but it

1305
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 2: stayed around that eight mark. Now to give you I

1306
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:22,200
Speaker 2: went back and I looked at the history of points

1307
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:25,600
Speaker 2: spreads individual playoff rounds. This is the it's tied for

1308
01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:29,240
Speaker 2: the lowest in the first divisional playoff round against the

1309
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:31,800
Speaker 2: Ravens back in twenty eleven. They were also an eight

1310
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:35,120
Speaker 2: point underdog. They played every single game on the road,

1311
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:38,160
Speaker 2: and every single one of them has been a rematch

1312
01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:40,520
Speaker 2: of a game that they lost on the road, minus

1313
01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:43,320
Speaker 2: the one in Kansas City in twenty nineteen. But if

1314
01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:48,280
Speaker 2: you think about twenty eleven Ravens, twenty twelve, Patriots twenty sixteen,

1315
01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:54,560
Speaker 2: Patriots twenty nineteen, Chiefs twenty twenty three Ravens and then

1316
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four Chiefs.

1317
01:01:55,880 --> 01:01:58,360
Speaker 1: They've all included. It's all been a.

1318
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:02,360
Speaker 2: Rematchlast year was Ravens the beginning, in the end, the

1319
01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:05,160
Speaker 2: Chiefs it was at the end, and well hopefully this

1320
01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:08,520
Speaker 2: is just the beginning. But hopefully this will be of

1321
01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:11,439
Speaker 2: the sixth the first to get us into the AFC

1322
01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:14,520
Speaker 2: Championship game. But I don't pick that game, but I

1323
01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:18,120
Speaker 2: am all for an upset of all upsets. According to

1324
01:02:18,280 --> 01:02:21,920
Speaker 2: Vegas for the Texans game will be TV on.

1325
01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 1: ESPN and ABC.

1326
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:26,760
Speaker 2: But you know you want to listen to Mark Andre

1327
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:30,120
Speaker 2: and myself called the game, So pause the TV, get

1328
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:32,960
Speaker 2: SYNCD up with us and watch and have fun. Okay,

1329
01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:36,240
Speaker 2: let's pick these three other games. Give me some music,

1330
01:02:37,080 --> 01:02:41,920
Speaker 2: and let's rock, all right. The Commanders after an upset

1331
01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:45,320
Speaker 2: kind of I guess they were, No, they weren't favored.

1332
01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:48,840
Speaker 2: They upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa Bay. Tampa

1333
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:52,200
Speaker 2: Bay kind of squandered an opportunity to go get some

1334
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:56,840
Speaker 2: revenge on Detroit after last year's great divisional playoff round game.

1335
01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:01,680
Speaker 2: But it's Commander's time and the Manners have kind of this.

1336
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:06,560
Speaker 2: Twenty twenty three Texans feel to it, and the Lions

1337
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:10,320
Speaker 2: are really good. That's the problem. Like the Ravens last year,

1338
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,640
Speaker 2: the Lions are rested. Now the Ravens weren't. I don't

1339
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:17,440
Speaker 2: think as banged up as the Lions are. Lions are

1340
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 2: missing a few pieces. I do think the Commanders can

1341
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:24,080
Speaker 2: move the ball on them. But in a shootout, the

1342
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:28,040
Speaker 2: Lions are gonna win this thing by fourteen points.

1343
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:29,920
Speaker 1: It's gonna be thirty eight, twenty.

1344
01:03:29,760 --> 01:03:33,440
Speaker 2: Four, maybe even a backdoor cover, but they're gonna get

1345
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:36,120
Speaker 2: to cover and get to win and beat the Commanders

1346
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:40,840
Speaker 2: at home. They will move on to the Super Bowl.

1347
01:03:40,840 --> 01:03:43,200
Speaker 2: I mean, the Lions don't have to go back outside

1348
01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:45,200
Speaker 2: for the rest of the season.

1349
01:03:45,360 --> 01:03:46,120
Speaker 1: That's great for them.

1350
01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:50,080
Speaker 2: Now going outside in these next two they're gonna end

1351
01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:56,880
Speaker 2: up being a big factor. Let's start rams Eagles in Philly.

1352
01:03:57,400 --> 01:04:00,840
Speaker 2: And it looks like big snowstorm. I talked about this

1353
01:04:00,840 --> 01:04:02,880
Speaker 2: a little bit early in the show. Looks like a

1354
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:10,040
Speaker 2: big snowstorm is moving towards Philadelphia. Matt Stafford, when he

1355
01:04:10,200 --> 01:04:14,080
Speaker 2: was with the afore mentioned Lions, went to Philadelphia in

1356
01:04:14,120 --> 01:04:19,000
Speaker 2: a snowstorm back in twenty fourteen, maybe in twenty thirteen.

1357
01:04:19,040 --> 01:04:21,600
Speaker 2: In around that Range had a great game in the snow.

1358
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:26,800
Speaker 2: I don't think anything weather wise, anything that Philly does

1359
01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:32,200
Speaker 2: will be a problem for Matt Stafford. That offense has

1360
01:04:32,320 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 2: kind of dialed in right now, and they're getting contributions

1361
01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:39,720
Speaker 2: from everybody. He's got two bonafide threats in Puka and

1362
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:43,320
Speaker 2: Cooper Cup. Kyron Williams is running the ball really well,

1363
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:46,880
Speaker 2: catching the ball well. I think that team is relatively healthy,

1364
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:50,800
Speaker 2: but defensive line is playing its guts out. If I

1365
01:04:50,920 --> 01:04:53,360
Speaker 2: were to pick it up set, it would be this one.

1366
01:04:54,200 --> 01:04:56,440
Speaker 2: I don't really Baltimore and Buffalo are too close to

1367
01:04:56,480 --> 01:04:59,640
Speaker 2: calling up set either way. Six and a half points

1368
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:03,640
Speaker 2: Hilly his favorite. I could see Philly struggling with the

1369
01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:09,800
Speaker 2: Rams in this one. However, I can't do it. I

1370
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:13,680
Speaker 2: cannot put the Rams over the Eagles full out. So

1371
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:16,760
Speaker 2: what I'm gonna do here is pick the Eagles close.

1372
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:21,000
Speaker 2: It might be a late game drive by Jalen Hurts

1373
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:23,640
Speaker 2: and the Eagles offense when they need it in the snow.

1374
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:28,120
Speaker 2: The romanticism of that, but I do think the Rams

1375
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:30,960
Speaker 2: will cover. The Rams will get inside that six and

1376
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:33,040
Speaker 2: a half. I think the Rams playing as well as

1377
01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:35,520
Speaker 2: any team in the NFL right Now I'm going with

1378
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:40,320
Speaker 2: Eagles to win close with the Rams, to make this

1379
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:43,880
Speaker 2: a sexy division game leading up to the one that

1380
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:49,040
Speaker 2: everybody has talked about all week, the Baltimore Ravens and

1381
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:53,320
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry to take on the Buffalo Bills

1382
01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:58,640
Speaker 2: and Josh Allen. Now I mentioned the other night Lewis Riddick,

1383
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:01,520
Speaker 2: I saw this on Twitter whatever you call it, and

1384
01:06:01,640 --> 01:06:04,560
Speaker 2: Luci Rick talked about how in the last production meeting

1385
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:07,240
Speaker 2: of the year, Miles Garrett sat with him and said,

1386
01:06:07,960 --> 01:06:15,040
Speaker 2: if Baltimore is right, nobody beats Baltimore. And I think

1387
01:06:15,200 --> 01:06:18,200
Speaker 2: Baltimore has shown that at least at the end of

1388
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:21,720
Speaker 2: the year. Now earlier in the year. I mean, I'm

1389
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:24,480
Speaker 2: watching Max Crosby and Good Morning Football this morning, and

1390
01:06:24,600 --> 01:06:26,600
Speaker 2: the Raiders beat the Ravens.

1391
01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:28,760
Speaker 1: In Baltimore in Week two.

1392
01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:35,320
Speaker 2: But Baltimore has found the secret sauce and it wasn't

1393
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:38,240
Speaker 2: that hard to find. They just had to have the

1394
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:44,520
Speaker 2: right mix of Lamar Jackson throwing it and Derrick Henry

1395
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:46,960
Speaker 2: running the ball. Mark made a good point in the

1396
01:06:47,080 --> 01:06:51,000
Speaker 2: opening segment saying you got to shut down Dereck Henry,

1397
01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:55,000
Speaker 2: and I think that's absolutely true. Anybody else can beat you,

1398
01:06:55,680 --> 01:07:01,440
Speaker 2: not him. Zave Flowers banged up, Make Lamar Jackson throw it.

1399
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:04,520
Speaker 2: If Lamar's got to run, okay, you live with it.

1400
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:07,560
Speaker 2: But you cannot let that big train get in going.

1401
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:11,680
Speaker 2: You just can't have your Buffalo now on the offensive

1402
01:07:11,720 --> 01:07:14,560
Speaker 2: side for Buffalo, That's where.

1403
01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:16,600
Speaker 1: I just don't know.

1404
01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:19,520
Speaker 2: It's been a lot of hero ball this year with

1405
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:22,960
Speaker 2: Josh Allen and look, Josh is great, but against US

1406
01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:28,240
Speaker 2: nine to thirty thirty percent, harassed, rattled all day, and

1407
01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:31,640
Speaker 2: we didn't give up a ton of big scrambles to

1408
01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:35,400
Speaker 2: him that cost us, and he didn't hit a lot

1409
01:07:35,440 --> 01:07:40,439
Speaker 2: of things down the field throwing when he scrambled. I think,

1410
01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:43,960
Speaker 2: even though the weather could play a factor, Baltimore plays

1411
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:48,520
Speaker 2: in cold. They're led by Rokwan Smith, Kyle Hamilton, Nombia

1412
01:07:49,120 --> 01:07:54,120
Speaker 2: madebik They're loaded, and I think that Derek Henry will

1413
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:58,000
Speaker 2: get going. I think Lamar Jackson will make enough throws,

1414
01:07:58,760 --> 01:08:02,400
Speaker 2: and I think that Baltimore are favored by one goes

1415
01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:05,600
Speaker 2: in there and wins the game and hosts the AFC

1416
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:09,480
Speaker 2: Championship for the second year in a row. Now I

1417
01:08:09,640 --> 01:08:13,920
Speaker 2: hope they're hosting US. We'll see how that goes. Early

1418
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:19,559
Speaker 2: on Saturday, but to review, Lions win cover. The nine

1419
01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 2: and a half Eagles beat the Rams close, but the

1420
01:08:25,320 --> 01:08:29,639
Speaker 2: Rams get a cover, and finally, the Baltimore Ravens will

1421
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:34,000
Speaker 2: host the AFC Championship Game after beating.

1422
01:08:33,920 --> 01:08:36,519
Speaker 1: The Buffalo Bills in Buffalo.

1423
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:40,080
Speaker 2: There you go, there your predictions, and I'm sure to

1424
01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:43,479
Speaker 2: be right on every single one of them. I'm ninety

1425
01:08:43,479 --> 01:08:45,479
Speaker 2: eight percent this year. If you didn't know, No, I'm kidding.

1426
01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:47,639
Speaker 2: I don't even know what my percentage is. It's not bad,

1427
01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:49,040
Speaker 2: but it's not ninety eight percent.

1428
01:08:49,160 --> 01:08:49,479
Speaker 6: I know that.

1429
01:08:50,080 --> 01:08:52,880
Speaker 2: But a guy who's always one hundred and fifty percent

1430
01:08:53,280 --> 01:08:56,519
Speaker 2: is Demko Ryans. We always have a blast catching up

1431
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:59,400
Speaker 2: with him. It's Friday, you put him together. It's a

1432
01:08:59,479 --> 01:09:03,799
Speaker 2: feel good Friday with the head coach himself, Demiko Ryans.

1433
01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:07,920
Speaker 2: Coming up next on Texans All Access, we got one

1434
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:11,240
Speaker 2: final segment of this edition of Texans All Access from

1435
01:09:11,320 --> 01:09:15,360
Speaker 2: the hundred Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris,

1436
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:20,720
Speaker 2: football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, and each

1437
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:24,160
Speaker 2: and every Friday we've gotten in this you know this mode.

1438
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:26,960
Speaker 1: You know when you have a game on Sunday and

1439
01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:28,760
Speaker 1: you know Friday night show.

1440
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:31,479
Speaker 2: You want to feel good going into the weekend and

1441
01:09:31,640 --> 01:09:33,840
Speaker 2: with the game tomorrow, I really want to feel good.

1442
01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:37,799
Speaker 2: And that's kind of how I started doing this segment,

1443
01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:42,639
Speaker 2: bringing back Demico Ryans for the last segment of the show.

1444
01:09:43,240 --> 01:09:47,360
Speaker 2: Sat down with us on Monday after the Texans win

1445
01:09:47,640 --> 01:09:51,840
Speaker 2: over the Chargers, broke down that game, started thinking ahead

1446
01:09:51,880 --> 01:09:55,000
Speaker 2: to the playoffs, and I love it always makes you

1447
01:09:55,080 --> 01:09:59,439
Speaker 2: feel good to hear from Cap on the Friday night

1448
01:09:59,720 --> 01:10:02,559
Speaker 2: going into the end of this show, and then we'll

1449
01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:04,920
Speaker 2: turn over to Mark. He'll have you for another hour

1450
01:10:05,240 --> 01:10:07,680
Speaker 2: as we go eight to nine. But it's hearing this

1451
01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:12,160
Speaker 2: and in some part it's selfish. It's selfish because I

1452
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:16,040
Speaker 2: love listening to him because he's our leader, he's our guy,

1453
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:21,519
Speaker 2: he's us. He leads us, and I love to hear

1454
01:10:21,560 --> 01:10:24,880
Speaker 2: from him at Friday. At this time, it's feel good

1455
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:27,360
Speaker 2: Friday with the Miko Ryans.

1456
01:10:27,439 --> 01:10:30,920
Speaker 3: Coach Tamiko Ryans joining us in studio. Coach, congratulations, great

1457
01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:31,320
Speaker 3: to see.

1458
01:10:31,240 --> 01:10:32,479
Speaker 6: Him, Thank you, great to see you. Guys.

1459
01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:35,040
Speaker 3: Let's keep meeting like this and we'll talk about the

1460
01:10:35,160 --> 01:10:37,400
Speaker 3: Chiefs in a few moments, but let's reflect on what

1461
01:10:37,560 --> 01:10:40,320
Speaker 3: happened against the Chargers outstanding effort. I have a theory

1462
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:44,240
Speaker 3: that the solid week of prep and the positive result

1463
01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:46,720
Speaker 3: against the Titans really set the tone for last week

1464
01:10:46,760 --> 01:10:48,559
Speaker 3: in which you got out of it on Saturday against

1465
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:49,080
Speaker 3: the Chargers.

1466
01:10:49,200 --> 01:10:49,800
Speaker 6: You really did.

1467
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:52,200
Speaker 7: You have to put the work in right. That's one

1468
01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:54,519
Speaker 7: thing I don't want to one of our guys to understand.

1469
01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:57,240
Speaker 7: You never short change the work like we're gonna with

1470
01:10:57,360 --> 01:10:59,439
Speaker 7: the way we work throughout the week has shown up

1471
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,400
Speaker 7: in games throughout our entire season, and we have a

1472
01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:05,800
Speaker 7: really good week of work and we've been on the

1473
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:08,120
Speaker 7: winning side of things when we go and play games,

1474
01:11:08,240 --> 01:11:11,120
Speaker 7: or when we've had short weeks, we've had you know,

1475
01:11:11,240 --> 01:11:13,400
Speaker 7: things happen, or we had to cut reps and all

1476
01:11:13,439 --> 01:11:15,960
Speaker 7: those things in practice, we don't play as well. So

1477
01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:18,640
Speaker 7: we'll continue to work like that this week. We have

1478
01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:21,519
Speaker 7: a full workload this week and so hopefully it's still

1479
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:23,840
Speaker 7: you know, translates to a win.

1480
01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:26,479
Speaker 2: Coach, we're gonna talk about your defense a little bit,

1481
01:11:26,600 --> 01:11:29,639
Speaker 2: but we're trying to find a name for CJ. Dribbling

1482
01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:31,559
Speaker 2: the ball in the backfield and then make it play.

1483
01:11:32,320 --> 01:11:35,439
Speaker 2: But that's a huge play, you know. I talked about

1484
01:11:35,439 --> 01:11:37,000
Speaker 2: this a little bit I feel like maybe the bigger

1485
01:11:37,080 --> 01:11:40,160
Speaker 2: play was when he scrambled. He gets up and he

1486
01:11:40,360 --> 01:11:42,479
Speaker 2: flexes and he pounds his chests a little bit, because

1487
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:44,960
Speaker 2: everybody in sideline got fired up by that. And then

1488
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:46,640
Speaker 2: when you listen to it on the radio, you can

1489
01:11:46,720 --> 01:11:49,519
Speaker 2: hear the crowd have a response to that. Why do

1490
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:51,960
Speaker 2: you think that fired everybody up the way that it

1491
01:11:52,080 --> 01:11:54,439
Speaker 2: did when CJ made that scramble then got up excited.

1492
01:11:54,720 --> 01:11:58,080
Speaker 7: CJ is the leader of our team, and everybody when

1493
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:02,160
Speaker 7: they're all everybody right or wrong, they're looking to him right.

1494
01:12:02,320 --> 01:12:05,200
Speaker 7: And so when you see CJ make the scramble, you

1495
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:08,080
Speaker 7: see him make the play, you see his reaction. I

1496
01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:10,560
Speaker 7: felt it from our entire sideline. I didn't even have

1497
01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:13,200
Speaker 7: to really look at guys. I could just feel the most.

1498
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:17,320
Speaker 7: You could feel like everybody just like starts to flex

1499
01:12:17,400 --> 01:12:19,760
Speaker 7: their muscles a little bit, starts to pound their chest

1500
01:12:19,840 --> 01:12:22,400
Speaker 7: because they see, man, that's our leader making a play.

1501
01:12:23,280 --> 01:12:25,360
Speaker 7: We always talk about putting the team on your back.

1502
01:12:25,439 --> 01:12:28,040
Speaker 7: It's like that play right there put the team on

1503
01:12:28,160 --> 01:12:29,800
Speaker 7: his back and he let him know like I'm here,

1504
01:12:30,120 --> 01:12:32,559
Speaker 7: and at that moment it was for me, man.

1505
01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:34,840
Speaker 6: We were in control of this game.

1506
01:12:35,120 --> 01:12:37,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, Andre ware liking it to a basketball player to

1507
01:12:37,720 --> 01:12:40,080
Speaker 3: play the X making a big shot and then he

1508
01:12:40,160 --> 01:12:42,679
Speaker 3: gets hot, and it seemed like that because the rest

1509
01:12:42,680 --> 01:12:44,800
Speaker 3: of the drive super hot got the touchdown to take

1510
01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:45,120
Speaker 3: the lead.

1511
01:12:45,280 --> 01:12:47,880
Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely seemed like that, you know. And we started

1512
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,040
Speaker 7: to move the ball more officially on offense. We started

1513
01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:53,280
Speaker 7: to move it at will right, even though we had

1514
01:12:53,320 --> 01:12:55,479
Speaker 7: some blunders there when we gave the ball up like

1515
01:12:55,560 --> 01:12:57,720
Speaker 7: we were able to score there. CJ threw a great

1516
01:12:57,760 --> 01:13:00,000
Speaker 7: ball to Nico. He's able to get in the end zone.

1517
01:13:00,280 --> 01:13:03,800
Speaker 7: And just those guys just continue to press forward. Let's

1518
01:13:03,800 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 7: always say when we don't have negative plays on offense,

1519
01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:09,600
Speaker 7: we have pretty good drives. So it's all about us

1520
01:13:09,680 --> 01:13:11,720
Speaker 7: if we can eliminate the plays, and most of them

1521
01:13:11,760 --> 01:13:15,120
Speaker 7: are self inflicted. When we eliminate those, and we can

1522
01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:16,439
Speaker 7: be a really good offense.

1523
01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:20,320
Speaker 2: Coaching a sudden change situation, the worst thing that happened

1524
01:13:20,439 --> 01:13:23,680
Speaker 2: get a easy touchdown, second worst, or maybe one of

1525
01:13:23,720 --> 01:13:25,840
Speaker 2: the best things, holding the field goal, especially when they

1526
01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:29,120
Speaker 2: get the ball on the plus area. I would think

1527
01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:31,760
Speaker 2: the best thing that could happen is you answer a

1528
01:13:31,920 --> 01:13:35,080
Speaker 2: sudden change situation with your own sudden change situation, and

1529
01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:37,760
Speaker 2: there were so many pivotal plays, as we said, but

1530
01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:41,680
Speaker 2: Kamari's pick right after the pick that CJ threw, How

1531
01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:44,599
Speaker 2: big was that for you, guys to not not even

1532
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:45,160
Speaker 2: give a point.

1533
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:47,200
Speaker 1: Now you give a yard. The very next play he

1534
01:13:47,280 --> 01:13:48,760
Speaker 1: goes and gets the ball. How big was that?

1535
01:13:49,520 --> 01:13:51,559
Speaker 2: Even though it turned into punch and punts going back

1536
01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:53,880
Speaker 2: and forth, but you didn't give up anything and you

1537
01:13:53,960 --> 01:13:54,639
Speaker 2: took the ball back.

1538
01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:55,920
Speaker 1: How big was that at that moment?

1539
01:13:56,120 --> 01:14:01,120
Speaker 7: You talk about a man, you talk about a momentum shifter, right,

1540
01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:04,439
Speaker 7: I mean, it's CJ throws to pick and it's like, oh,

1541
01:14:04,520 --> 01:14:07,160
Speaker 7: you know, I didn't feel any inks or anyone from

1542
01:14:07,200 --> 01:14:09,960
Speaker 7: the side line. Guys, defense goes out there. You know,

1543
01:14:10,040 --> 01:14:13,840
Speaker 7: you can feel very bad about that play and you know,

1544
01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:17,880
Speaker 7: like the energy that gives the Chargers. But for Kamara

1545
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,000
Speaker 7: to go out and I mean, what a spectacular to

1546
01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:23,559
Speaker 7: play that he made him to go up and actually

1547
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:26,920
Speaker 7: attack the football at the high point snatch it. It

1548
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:29,479
Speaker 7: was just like, man, you silence them just like that, right,

1549
01:14:29,640 --> 01:14:32,640
Speaker 7: So for that was the probably the one of the

1550
01:14:32,720 --> 01:14:35,080
Speaker 7: biggest play of the game, right because they have the

1551
01:14:35,160 --> 01:14:37,320
Speaker 7: momentum they can go down. We stopped them on a

1552
01:14:37,360 --> 01:14:40,600
Speaker 7: couple drives. But now and you feel like, oh, are

1553
01:14:40,640 --> 01:14:42,240
Speaker 7: they gonna kind of.

1554
01:14:42,240 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 6: Break the wheel? Are we gonna give up a score here?

1555
01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:48,600
Speaker 7: But Kamari Man, he silenced that from the start and

1556
01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:51,360
Speaker 7: that's big play, big play for us, and we needed

1557
01:14:51,400 --> 01:14:53,840
Speaker 7: it at that moment, like we we needed that play.

1558
01:14:54,439 --> 01:14:56,120
Speaker 7: Could have win a lot of different ways. The game

1559
01:14:56,160 --> 01:14:57,839
Speaker 7: could have win a lot of different ways if Kamari

1560
01:14:57,880 --> 01:14:58,639
Speaker 7: doesn't make that play.

1561
01:14:58,880 --> 01:15:01,000
Speaker 3: We've talked about this before, but it's a chicken and

1562
01:15:01,040 --> 01:15:03,519
Speaker 3: egg thing with the pressure and the coverage and getting

1563
01:15:03,560 --> 01:15:05,960
Speaker 3: the ball away with the four picks, which is it?

1564
01:15:06,160 --> 01:15:08,880
Speaker 3: It's really both right. It's everybody working together in that way.

1565
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:12,120
Speaker 7: It's always both right when a DV is able to

1566
01:15:12,360 --> 01:15:14,920
Speaker 7: make a play on the football, like did the pressure

1567
01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:17,600
Speaker 7: speed the quarterback up? Or if we're sticky enough in

1568
01:15:17,680 --> 01:15:20,400
Speaker 7: coverage to make the quarterback hold the ball? Are the

1569
01:15:20,520 --> 01:15:23,080
Speaker 7: d linemen are they executing the right way? Did they

1570
01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:26,080
Speaker 7: take the proper steps to be exactly where they need

1571
01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:27,960
Speaker 7: to be to hit the quarterback? So there was a

1572
01:15:28,080 --> 01:15:31,720
Speaker 7: lot of rushing coverage working together, which was definitely our

1573
01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:34,440
Speaker 7: one of our biggest keys the victory is playing discipline

1574
01:15:34,479 --> 01:15:38,080
Speaker 7: and coverage and having discipline rush first off, not letting

1575
01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:40,080
Speaker 7: Justin get out of the pocket and escape.

1576
01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:41,960
Speaker 6: Thought the d line did a great job of that.

1577
01:15:42,320 --> 01:15:44,240
Speaker 7: And then when they did get to the quarterback, a

1578
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:48,200
Speaker 7: lot of times it wasn't you know, interceptions, but guys

1579
01:15:48,240 --> 01:15:50,080
Speaker 7: were attacking the throwing on right.

1580
01:15:50,280 --> 01:15:51,960
Speaker 6: That was very impressive.

1581
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:57,280
Speaker 7: A lot of incomplete passes were really made by the

1582
01:15:57,320 --> 01:16:00,559
Speaker 7: defensive line because they didn't allow Justin the follow through

1583
01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:01,240
Speaker 7: with his throws.

1584
01:16:01,439 --> 01:16:04,240
Speaker 2: Coach, from a playclining standpoint, don't get everything away, but

1585
01:16:04,680 --> 01:16:07,600
Speaker 2: it's how you call the game. Is that kind of

1586
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:10,479
Speaker 2: a feel thing in a sense that man, we can't

1587
01:16:10,479 --> 01:16:11,840
Speaker 2: get back there. Boy, I want to heat him up

1588
01:16:11,840 --> 01:16:13,920
Speaker 2: a little bit. I need to bring pressure because the

1589
01:16:13,960 --> 01:16:16,200
Speaker 2: other day it felt like these guys got the hot hand.

1590
01:16:16,200 --> 01:16:18,200
Speaker 2: I'm just gonna let them eat. I'm not gonna it

1591
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:21,280
Speaker 2: was just four going after the quarterback. Do you kind

1592
01:16:21,280 --> 01:16:22,479
Speaker 2: of look at it like that or do you kind

1593
01:16:22,520 --> 01:16:24,280
Speaker 2: of try and shake things up or you just these

1594
01:16:24,320 --> 01:16:25,200
Speaker 2: guys got the hot hand.

1595
01:16:25,200 --> 01:16:27,519
Speaker 6: I'm going with them. I always try to shake it up.

1596
01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:29,240
Speaker 7: I always try to shake it up to make sure

1597
01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:33,360
Speaker 7: we don't have just a tale where we're always doing

1598
01:16:33,439 --> 01:16:33,720
Speaker 7: one there.

1599
01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:35,760
Speaker 6: So I always like to mix it up. And but

1600
01:16:35,880 --> 01:16:37,120
Speaker 6: when our d when our.

1601
01:16:37,040 --> 01:16:39,679
Speaker 7: D line is is humming the way they were humming,

1602
01:16:40,080 --> 01:16:42,559
Speaker 7: it makes it a lot easier to call the game

1603
01:16:42,640 --> 01:16:43,800
Speaker 7: because you don't have to be so.

1604
01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:46,680
Speaker 6: Reliant on pressure to speed the quarterback up.

1605
01:16:46,720 --> 01:16:49,280
Speaker 7: You know you can just call coverage right, drop most

1606
01:16:49,360 --> 01:16:51,439
Speaker 7: an extra guy back in coverage, and you know the

1607
01:16:51,560 --> 01:16:53,400
Speaker 7: D line is gonna speed him up. So it's just

1608
01:16:53,720 --> 01:16:56,439
Speaker 7: it's a luxury when your D line operates the way

1609
01:16:56,479 --> 01:16:59,400
Speaker 7: they operate it this past Saturday, and we need them

1610
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:01,320
Speaker 7: even more so come here next week.

1611
01:17:01,439 --> 01:17:03,400
Speaker 4: And there's some guys who don't get all the publicity.

1612
01:17:03,439 --> 01:17:04,240
Speaker 4: Mario Edwards.

1613
01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:05,960
Speaker 3: Here's a player that's been in the league a decade

1614
01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:07,280
Speaker 3: and he has a sack and a half in a

1615
01:17:07,400 --> 01:17:10,760
Speaker 3: huge playoff game part of your rotation on that defensive line.

1616
01:17:10,840 --> 01:17:14,240
Speaker 6: And Mario has been great all year. Mario is very.

1617
01:17:14,240 --> 01:17:17,800
Speaker 7: Explosive player on the inside, like a three technique That

1618
01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:21,679
Speaker 7: three technique position will look for quick, explosive players. Mario

1619
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:24,120
Speaker 7: fits that to the tee and he's made a lot

1620
01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:26,360
Speaker 7: of plays for us, especially in the run game they

1621
01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:28,880
Speaker 7: tried to win us trappers. Mario thought he did a

1622
01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:30,960
Speaker 7: really good job of selling down and stopping some of

1623
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:33,679
Speaker 7: those run plays. And then when he's one on one

1624
01:17:34,040 --> 01:17:37,400
Speaker 7: with a guard or centers, it's his quickness and elusiveness.

1625
01:17:37,439 --> 01:17:39,960
Speaker 7: He's able to beat those guys very quickly and get

1626
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:42,000
Speaker 7: to the quarterback. Not just get to the quarterback, but

1627
01:17:42,040 --> 01:17:44,599
Speaker 7: he's able to finish. So he's at a and probably

1628
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:46,559
Speaker 7: one of his most productive years of his career. He's

1629
01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:47,479
Speaker 7: done an outstanding job.

1630
01:17:47,880 --> 01:17:50,240
Speaker 2: So a guy that we have talked about, but we

1631
01:17:50,320 --> 01:17:52,760
Speaker 2: didn't for a few weeks because he was not with

1632
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:54,040
Speaker 2: us nets as he's out shower.

1633
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:54,519
Speaker 1: We had him in.

1634
01:17:54,520 --> 01:17:57,000
Speaker 2: Studio last week and we were just like, we cheer

1635
01:17:57,080 --> 01:17:59,040
Speaker 2: for that guy no matter what he's doing. He could

1636
01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:02,360
Speaker 2: go shop at EGV, clapping for him. The play he

1637
01:18:02,439 --> 01:18:05,719
Speaker 2: makes on third and two, because you've got a rumblet

1638
01:18:05,800 --> 01:18:08,160
Speaker 2: song where Henry's going one way and it looks like

1639
01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:10,680
Speaker 2: from my angle, he looks like, oh no, Edwards is

1640
01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:13,320
Speaker 2: running right through an open hole. And as he shows

1641
01:18:13,439 --> 01:18:16,160
Speaker 2: up and now things just show up. He runs right

1642
01:18:16,240 --> 01:18:18,920
Speaker 2: through a guy that's given us some issue Gus Edwards

1643
01:18:18,960 --> 01:18:21,280
Speaker 2: as a running back when he was with Baltimore. How

1644
01:18:21,360 --> 01:18:23,479
Speaker 2: big was that play at the moment? Obviously followed up

1645
01:18:23,520 --> 01:18:25,600
Speaker 2: by Sting's playing fourth down. But the fact that the

1646
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:29,240
Speaker 2: ZZ makes that play at that time with that physicality,

1647
01:18:29,600 --> 01:18:31,400
Speaker 2: how did that charge everybody up? Probably think a play?

1648
01:18:31,479 --> 01:18:33,320
Speaker 6: Was that charge charge me up?

1649
01:18:33,360 --> 01:18:35,400
Speaker 7: I know, I don't know about everyone else, but seeing

1650
01:18:35,920 --> 01:18:39,280
Speaker 7: you know, linebacker do linebacker things, that's like, you got

1651
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:41,080
Speaker 7: to make a big play in the hole. Like you

1652
01:18:41,160 --> 01:18:44,040
Speaker 7: don't It's kind of you don't hear that much in

1653
01:18:44,200 --> 01:18:47,360
Speaker 7: BALLD now know everything is kind of going to coverage.

1654
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:51,719
Speaker 6: And but that's just grown man football. It's run third

1655
01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:52,040
Speaker 6: and two.

1656
01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:55,760
Speaker 7: They're running the ball downhill and that's that's linebacker on

1657
01:18:55,880 --> 01:18:57,679
Speaker 7: running back one on one.

1658
01:18:57,640 --> 01:18:59,200
Speaker 6: In the hole, like and you have to make the

1659
01:18:59,240 --> 01:19:00,040
Speaker 6: play in the big.

1660
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:03,400
Speaker 7: Up and a Z showed up with all the physicality,

1661
01:19:03,640 --> 01:19:05,759
Speaker 7: all the strength that he had to get that stop.

1662
01:19:06,280 --> 01:19:09,280
Speaker 7: Huge play for us, and you know, I think you

1663
01:19:09,360 --> 01:19:12,160
Speaker 7: know it was. It was such a momentum shift and

1664
01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:14,439
Speaker 7: they try to go forward. They typically wouldn't go forward

1665
01:19:14,479 --> 01:19:17,800
Speaker 7: there on fourth and two. They've kicked the field goals

1666
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:21,240
Speaker 7: and a lot of situations, but you know, they felt like, man,

1667
01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:23,479
Speaker 7: we got to make a play here, right And then

1668
01:19:23,560 --> 01:19:25,400
Speaker 7: Stingley goes and puts.

1669
01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:25,880
Speaker 6: The fire out.

1670
01:19:25,960 --> 01:19:28,080
Speaker 7: Our best guy versus their best guy in coverage. So

1671
01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:30,879
Speaker 7: it's just two back to back one on one battles

1672
01:19:31,040 --> 01:19:34,080
Speaker 7: that no one else is involved in. The zaz making

1673
01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:36,360
Speaker 7: a play on their back and then Stingley, you know,

1674
01:19:36,520 --> 01:19:38,200
Speaker 7: backs it up with the player on their top receiver.

1675
01:19:38,479 --> 01:19:41,200
Speaker 3: They had some success running the ball early, but you

1676
01:19:41,320 --> 01:19:43,680
Speaker 3: really clamp down what changed because you look at the

1677
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:45,040
Speaker 3: end of the day, they didn't do anything on the

1678
01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:47,519
Speaker 3: ground overall, but early there were some runs.

1679
01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:49,599
Speaker 7: Yeah, the first drive they had a couple of runs

1680
01:19:49,640 --> 01:19:52,000
Speaker 7: on us. This goes back to we had to make

1681
01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:55,800
Speaker 7: some adjustments with our interior defensive linement, just trying to

1682
01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:58,479
Speaker 7: slow down a little bit, and we were getting whammed

1683
01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:01,559
Speaker 7: and trapped again the same runs that Baltimore has, same

1684
01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:05,320
Speaker 7: runs that Tennessee ran against US. People will run those

1685
01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:08,360
Speaker 7: those run plays versus. So when our d lineman played

1686
01:20:08,360 --> 01:20:11,439
Speaker 7: with great awareness, they're able to recognize the setups and

1687
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:14,080
Speaker 7: put the fire out. And that's on weekend, they got

1688
01:20:14,160 --> 01:20:16,240
Speaker 7: to go to something else, right, and we can stop

1689
01:20:16,320 --> 01:20:19,400
Speaker 7: those runs and make teams go sideline. Run the ball

1690
01:20:19,479 --> 01:20:21,280
Speaker 7: to the sideline. I feel like that's when we're more

1691
01:20:21,280 --> 01:20:22,400
Speaker 7: effective as a defense.

1692
01:20:22,640 --> 01:20:27,080
Speaker 2: Speaking of running the ball, they get the mccaukee touchdown.

1693
01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,160
Speaker 2: You get to two after that, so there's still is momentum.

1694
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:31,479
Speaker 2: But it's twenty five to twelve. It's still a ball game.

1695
01:20:31,479 --> 01:20:33,800
Speaker 2: I think they were all ten minutes left and Mark

1696
01:20:33,880 --> 01:20:37,200
Speaker 2: drew donomy I said, timing points. If you can cut

1697
01:20:37,240 --> 01:20:39,280
Speaker 2: off a bunch, cut up a chunk of time and

1698
01:20:39,479 --> 01:20:41,280
Speaker 2: get points, best case scenario.

1699
01:20:41,840 --> 01:20:43,000
Speaker 1: Not only think do you do that?

1700
01:20:43,120 --> 01:20:44,479
Speaker 2: You put the nail on the coffin because you go

1701
01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:47,559
Speaker 2: about seven minutes, then you score a touchdown, and when

1702
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:50,400
Speaker 2: you look at the drive, it's run, run, run, run

1703
01:20:50,520 --> 01:20:53,800
Speaker 2: quarterbacks sneak still run run run, You've finished it. I

1704
01:20:53,840 --> 01:20:56,280
Speaker 2: would imagine the way that you want to in your

1705
01:20:56,400 --> 01:20:59,800
Speaker 2: image physical football down in football, you pick up two

1706
01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:01,000
Speaker 2: four than ones along the way.

1707
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:03,120
Speaker 1: How big was that coach for you and for the

1708
01:21:03,240 --> 01:21:05,679
Speaker 1: offense to finish it that way in this game?

1709
01:21:05,920 --> 01:21:08,000
Speaker 7: And we needed that from our offense. We needed that

1710
01:21:08,160 --> 01:21:11,559
Speaker 7: confidence booster for our offense. Like we ever, it's really

1711
01:21:11,640 --> 01:21:14,360
Speaker 7: challenge to the offensive line, like, hey, we got to

1712
01:21:14,400 --> 01:21:16,720
Speaker 7: go move the football. We gotta burn time off of

1713
01:21:16,760 --> 01:21:19,519
Speaker 7: the clock. We're going to run the ball like they

1714
01:21:19,640 --> 01:21:21,439
Speaker 7: know we're running it. You know we're running it. But

1715
01:21:21,479 --> 01:21:23,479
Speaker 7: you still got to line up and finish your blocks.

1716
01:21:23,520 --> 01:21:26,840
Speaker 7: They attached on your blocks. Strain, give everything you have,

1717
01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:28,840
Speaker 7: all the effort you have to make sure you finish

1718
01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:32,040
Speaker 7: because we just mentioned this time and points, so we

1719
01:21:32,200 --> 01:21:36,280
Speaker 7: had to grind the clock there. And that's what our

1720
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:39,320
Speaker 7: guys did, Like they owned the challenge, they accepted it,

1721
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:41,479
Speaker 7: and they did a really good job. Like the fourth

1722
01:21:41,560 --> 01:21:45,240
Speaker 7: down conversions were really big for us. CJ getting a

1723
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:47,720
Speaker 7: sneak like you don't that doesn't happen if the old

1724
01:21:47,760 --> 01:21:49,920
Speaker 7: line can't move a guy, all right, and.

1725
01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:51,439
Speaker 6: We need a yard, we gotta be able to go

1726
01:21:51,520 --> 01:21:51,960
Speaker 6: get a yard.

1727
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:54,639
Speaker 7: Were able to do that, and Joe kind of picked

1728
01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:57,240
Speaker 7: up Stein the more cares he got, Kevin filled him

1729
01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:01,400
Speaker 7: just continue to really ain't leaning on those guys or

1730
01:22:01,479 --> 01:22:03,760
Speaker 7: a lot of DB's had to tackle him, and you

1731
01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:06,760
Speaker 7: don't want to keep tackling Joe all game. So it

1732
01:22:06,920 --> 01:22:08,880
Speaker 7: was a great job by them of closing it out.

1733
01:22:08,920 --> 01:22:11,360
Speaker 7: And I think it's really big for our entire team

1734
01:22:11,439 --> 01:22:15,160
Speaker 7: to see that when we need to do that, we're capable.

1735
01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:15,360
Speaker 5: All right.

1736
01:22:15,439 --> 01:22:17,880
Speaker 3: More fired up you after the disease stop on third

1737
01:22:17,920 --> 01:22:21,840
Speaker 3: and two or Frank Ross after the blost extra point

1738
01:22:21,920 --> 01:22:24,439
Speaker 3: and the return by D'Angelo Ross for two because he

1739
01:22:24,560 --> 01:22:26,439
Speaker 3: ran all the way down the field along the side.

1740
01:22:26,560 --> 01:22:29,439
Speaker 7: Oh yeah, Frank was fired up. Man, seeing Frank run

1741
01:22:29,560 --> 01:22:32,400
Speaker 7: down there was such a huge play. As I mentioned

1742
01:22:32,439 --> 01:22:35,120
Speaker 7: in post game, I was like so upset about the

1743
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:39,120
Speaker 7: touchdown that happened. I'm kind of not halfway looking at

1744
01:22:39,160 --> 01:22:42,560
Speaker 7: the pat and then I hear the big thump and

1745
01:22:42,640 --> 01:22:45,519
Speaker 7: we got it, and see Neville just take I see

1746
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:49,040
Speaker 7: the kicker that batted the ball down. I see Neville

1747
01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:52,680
Speaker 7: just taking him out, like, oh my goodness, And what

1748
01:22:53,080 --> 01:22:53,599
Speaker 7: was he thinking?

1749
01:22:53,640 --> 01:22:54,560
Speaker 6: Why is he batting it?

1750
01:22:54,760 --> 01:22:58,679
Speaker 7: Then man, Dve Rossis comes out of nowhere and he's running.

1751
01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:01,120
Speaker 7: Frank is running. I don't know who won that race.

1752
01:23:01,200 --> 01:23:03,880
Speaker 7: Maybe thank Frank man down d Ross. We got to

1753
01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:05,679
Speaker 7: put a GPS on Frank to see his time.

1754
01:23:06,280 --> 01:23:08,800
Speaker 2: I mean, the Ross brothers, they were absolutely flying. But

1755
01:23:08,920 --> 01:23:11,400
Speaker 2: it was good to see Dangelo have that kind of

1756
01:23:11,479 --> 01:23:12,240
Speaker 2: game coaching.

1757
01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:13,799
Speaker 1: It takes everybody.

1758
01:23:13,880 --> 01:23:15,839
Speaker 2: You talk about this all the time, it takes everybody

1759
01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:18,000
Speaker 2: on game day, and I look at d Angelo, a

1760
01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:20,680
Speaker 2: guy that is on the roster. He starts at Green Bay,

1761
01:23:21,120 --> 01:23:23,880
Speaker 2: then he goes to practice squad, he's back up, he's released,

1762
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:26,040
Speaker 2: he comes back and he continues to just stay the

1763
01:23:26,120 --> 01:23:28,120
Speaker 2: course and make plays. What'll just say about a guy

1764
01:23:28,240 --> 01:23:30,680
Speaker 2: like that, just kind of going through that that kind

1765
01:23:30,720 --> 01:23:33,080
Speaker 2: of realm throughout the year. You never know when your

1766
01:23:33,080 --> 01:23:34,840
Speaker 2: opportunity is gonna come, but when you get it, take

1767
01:23:34,840 --> 01:23:36,439
Speaker 2: advantage of it, and he seemed to the other day.

1768
01:23:36,680 --> 01:23:39,240
Speaker 7: D Angelo is a guy who's always ready, like no

1769
01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:41,840
Speaker 7: matter what's asked of him, Like the way he works

1770
01:23:41,880 --> 01:23:44,439
Speaker 7: through our practice, not knowing if he's going to be

1771
01:23:44,920 --> 01:23:47,439
Speaker 7: up on game day or not not know if he's starting,

1772
01:23:47,560 --> 01:23:49,080
Speaker 7: or because you never know how the week goes. But

1773
01:23:49,479 --> 01:23:52,639
Speaker 7: the Angelo's guy who's always locked in in the meetings,

1774
01:23:52,960 --> 01:23:56,160
Speaker 7: can answer any questions you throw at him a multiple

1775
01:23:56,280 --> 01:23:59,000
Speaker 7: positions because we ask him to do so many different things.

1776
01:23:59,040 --> 01:24:01,240
Speaker 7: And then I know he's one of our most reliable

1777
01:24:01,280 --> 01:24:04,320
Speaker 7: guys when it comes to special teams. Like there's a

1778
01:24:04,400 --> 01:24:06,479
Speaker 7: lot to be saying for a guy you just it's

1779
01:24:06,560 --> 01:24:09,320
Speaker 7: just trustworthy and that's what that's what you want in

1780
01:24:09,400 --> 01:24:12,799
Speaker 7: the game. Guys you can trust, especially in those critical

1781
01:24:12,880 --> 01:24:15,479
Speaker 7: moments like you're asking the guy to go block a kick, Well,

1782
01:24:15,560 --> 01:24:18,479
Speaker 7: can you go block the kick, but also stay off

1783
01:24:18,520 --> 01:24:20,439
Speaker 7: the stay off the punter and do it in a

1784
01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:24,840
Speaker 7: clean manner like D'angelo's trusted, he's gained the he's gained

1785
01:24:24,880 --> 01:24:27,760
Speaker 7: that trust, he's he's gained to respect I think all

1786
01:24:27,840 --> 01:24:30,280
Speaker 7: his teammates because they know you can count on him

1787
01:24:30,920 --> 01:24:33,200
Speaker 7: at the dropover dome, wherever he has to do whatever

1788
01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:35,439
Speaker 7: he has to do for our team. It's just he's

1789
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:38,080
Speaker 7: a really great example of what it means to be

1790
01:24:38,160 --> 01:24:41,439
Speaker 7: a team player like that's D'Angelo. Ross doesn't get a

1791
01:24:41,479 --> 01:24:43,240
Speaker 7: lot of credit, a lot of praise, but man, he

1792
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:45,640
Speaker 7: showed up big time for us blocking a blocking a

1793
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:49,320
Speaker 7: punt and also a return of the two point conversion

1794
01:24:49,439 --> 01:24:51,920
Speaker 7: that was a big time play for Happy to see

1795
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:54,000
Speaker 7: d Ross get that recognition that he deserves.

1796
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:56,240
Speaker 3: What's it like to play the Chiefs less than a

1797
01:24:56,280 --> 01:24:58,080
Speaker 3: month after you played the Chiefs, So it feels like

1798
01:24:58,160 --> 01:25:00,639
Speaker 3: a division game in that way. Obviously it's a huge game,

1799
01:25:00,720 --> 01:25:04,000
Speaker 3: divisional playoff game, but you've seen them recently, so that's

1800
01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:04,880
Speaker 3: got to help a lot.

1801
01:25:05,640 --> 01:25:07,960
Speaker 7: I hope it helps being able to see them, but

1802
01:25:08,439 --> 01:25:10,200
Speaker 7: it's also I just go in with the with a

1803
01:25:10,240 --> 01:25:12,600
Speaker 7: fresh set of eyes as I watch them again, just

1804
01:25:13,120 --> 01:25:15,640
Speaker 7: and not putting too much on what happened in the

1805
01:25:15,680 --> 01:25:18,200
Speaker 7: first game. And we'll have different guys out there. They'll

1806
01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:21,479
Speaker 7: have all their players out. They've been resting right since

1807
01:25:21,520 --> 01:25:24,880
Speaker 7: the last time we played them, so it'll be just

1808
01:25:25,040 --> 01:25:26,559
Speaker 7: I look at it like this will be the first

1809
01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:28,400
Speaker 7: time we're playing them, right, And so I go in

1810
01:25:28,600 --> 01:25:32,040
Speaker 7: that way just to make sure we got all the

1811
01:25:32,720 --> 01:25:35,800
Speaker 7: o's dotted, all the tea's crossed, to make sure you know,

1812
01:25:35,880 --> 01:25:37,519
Speaker 7: we're locked in for whatever they can throw it.

1813
01:25:37,640 --> 01:25:38,960
Speaker 3: Um does it kind of help though that you were

1814
01:25:39,080 --> 01:25:42,320
Speaker 3: recently at the stadium and the whole infrastructure of things

1815
01:25:42,439 --> 01:25:43,519
Speaker 3: that you know, the lay of the land.

1816
01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:46,439
Speaker 7: So the environment piece that they get plays a part

1817
01:25:46,479 --> 01:25:48,479
Speaker 7: where our players they're not going into a place that

1818
01:25:48,560 --> 01:25:51,839
Speaker 7: they haven't been before, right, they understand the environment, understand

1819
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:52,479
Speaker 7: the weather.

1820
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:53,840
Speaker 6: Like you've been there.

1821
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:56,799
Speaker 7: You know the hotel we stayed in, all those things

1822
01:25:56,880 --> 01:25:58,960
Speaker 7: that are kind of new, Like okay, we were just

1823
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:02,000
Speaker 7: here a month ago. All that stuff doesn't matter. Like

1824
01:26:02,280 --> 01:26:04,760
Speaker 7: can we go out and steal with the game playing?

1825
01:26:04,840 --> 01:26:06,960
Speaker 7: Can we go out and execute in the critical moments,

1826
01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:10,960
Speaker 7: like the game will still come down to executing on

1827
01:26:11,080 --> 01:26:13,240
Speaker 7: third down and in a red zone, Like can we

1828
01:26:13,400 --> 01:26:16,040
Speaker 7: own those moments? We own those moments. We'll have a

1829
01:26:16,160 --> 01:26:17,000
Speaker 7: chance to win a game.

1830
01:26:16,960 --> 01:26:19,760
Speaker 2: Coach, playing on this stage, the visual Playoff stage, I

1831
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:21,240
Speaker 2: mean it's still a young team. Last year we had

1832
01:26:21,240 --> 01:26:23,000
Speaker 2: a bunch of young guys that never played in the

1833
01:26:23,080 --> 01:26:26,479
Speaker 2: Visual Playoff round. They get through that experience against Walton

1834
01:26:26,520 --> 01:26:28,200
Speaker 2: obviously didn't go the way we wanted to. Do You

1835
01:26:28,240 --> 01:26:32,080
Speaker 2: think that experience helps playing at that level against this team,

1836
01:26:32,160 --> 01:26:35,120
Speaker 2: the defending champs in their building, kind of us against

1837
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:38,080
Speaker 2: the world mentality that kind of give you the experience

1838
01:26:38,120 --> 01:26:39,680
Speaker 2: of last year help in any way, you think.

1839
01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:42,479
Speaker 7: I hope our guys have learned a lot about you know,

1840
01:26:42,800 --> 01:26:46,120
Speaker 7: first off, you have that letdown you feel you know,

1841
01:26:46,640 --> 01:26:48,560
Speaker 7: you know what it feels like to not get it

1842
01:26:48,680 --> 01:26:52,120
Speaker 7: done at this moment and how close you are, right,

1843
01:26:52,680 --> 01:26:56,679
Speaker 7: So I hope that kind of spurns our guys to understand,

1844
01:26:56,840 --> 01:26:59,320
Speaker 7: like man, the heightened importance of what it takes to

1845
01:26:59,439 --> 01:27:02,599
Speaker 7: really own the moment. Right this is our moment here

1846
01:27:02,800 --> 01:27:04,960
Speaker 7: right now, Like how do you go own the moment?

1847
01:27:05,360 --> 01:27:07,320
Speaker 7: And to make sure that we continue to get more

1848
01:27:07,400 --> 01:27:11,120
Speaker 7: time together as a team, Like understand from last year

1849
01:27:11,200 --> 01:27:14,479
Speaker 7: where we had mishaps and it didn't quite go our way.

1850
01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:15,760
Speaker 6: Like what are we going to do about it? What

1851
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:17,600
Speaker 6: did you learn from that? And how can you be

1852
01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:19,040
Speaker 6: better this time around?

1853
01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:22,400
Speaker 3: What's practiced like this time of year and this time

1854
01:27:22,520 --> 01:27:25,000
Speaker 3: you do have a full football week to get ready

1855
01:27:25,040 --> 01:27:28,680
Speaker 3: Saturday to Saturday for this particular game. But I ask

1856
01:27:28,760 --> 01:27:31,280
Speaker 3: you this sometimes in November, are you dialing things down

1857
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:31,879
Speaker 3: in practice?

1858
01:27:31,880 --> 01:27:35,000
Speaker 4: How you're handling the intensity? What do you do in January? Coach?

1859
01:27:35,120 --> 01:27:38,200
Speaker 7: Yeah, been going there it for a while, but I

1860
01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:40,880
Speaker 7: still it has to be a normal week for me,

1861
01:27:41,120 --> 01:27:44,360
Speaker 7: normal work week, and because of our guys and just

1862
01:27:44,439 --> 01:27:47,519
Speaker 7: how we've responded throughout the weeks. Just seeing our guys

1863
01:27:47,600 --> 01:27:50,559
Speaker 7: and you know, you learn throughout the season of how

1864
01:27:51,160 --> 01:27:55,719
Speaker 7: this team is in twenty twenty five. Now you learn

1865
01:27:55,800 --> 01:27:57,960
Speaker 7: about what I've learned about our team is when we

1866
01:27:58,120 --> 01:28:01,240
Speaker 7: have a solid week of work and we really put

1867
01:28:01,280 --> 01:28:04,439
Speaker 7: the work in through all three days and our guys

1868
01:28:04,479 --> 01:28:07,400
Speaker 7: are locked in, intentional delivered throughout the week, it shows

1869
01:28:07,479 --> 01:28:09,560
Speaker 7: up on game day. So I'm excited to get a

1870
01:28:09,640 --> 01:28:12,400
Speaker 7: full week, we get all of our reps in, we

1871
01:28:12,520 --> 01:28:15,000
Speaker 7: can get true working so our guys can go out

1872
01:28:15,080 --> 01:28:18,360
Speaker 7: and we know we did everything we could absolutely do

1873
01:28:18,520 --> 01:28:21,400
Speaker 7: in preparation to be ready for the battle on Saturday.

1874
01:28:21,800 --> 01:28:24,040
Speaker 1: It is Patrick Mahlmes. I know you know that, and

1875
01:28:24,160 --> 01:28:25,640
Speaker 1: it is the guy that you faced a little bit.

1876
01:28:25,880 --> 01:28:27,360
Speaker 2: How much do you think that helps your D line

1877
01:28:27,400 --> 01:28:30,160
Speaker 2: coach when you rush a guy that's as unique as Patrick,

1878
01:28:30,280 --> 01:28:33,760
Speaker 2: because you know, with Josh and Lamar, you know they

1879
01:28:33,800 --> 01:28:34,639
Speaker 2: can move out of the pocket.

1880
01:28:34,680 --> 01:28:36,080
Speaker 1: You know they can run and do those things, and

1881
01:28:36,120 --> 01:28:37,600
Speaker 1: you've got to be very disciplined.

1882
01:28:37,160 --> 01:28:37,679
Speaker 4: About the rush.

1883
01:28:38,120 --> 01:28:41,680
Speaker 2: Patrick's a whole different level seemingly as you would rush him,

1884
01:28:41,680 --> 01:28:43,960
Speaker 2: and the discipline it takes to go after him. How

1885
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:46,400
Speaker 2: big a challenge is he just because he's different from

1886
01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:48,600
Speaker 2: the other guys in the way that he escapes the

1887
01:28:48,640 --> 01:28:49,640
Speaker 2: pocket and things he can do.

1888
01:28:50,080 --> 01:28:52,599
Speaker 7: Yeah, he is different in the fact that he loves

1889
01:28:52,640 --> 01:28:55,479
Speaker 7: to escape up through the b gap, like through the inside,

1890
01:28:55,520 --> 01:28:57,760
Speaker 7: and that's where that's where he hurts you the most.

1891
01:28:57,840 --> 01:29:00,240
Speaker 7: You know, you don't think of Patrick as this big

1892
01:29:00,280 --> 01:29:03,800
Speaker 7: time runner and like Lamar or Josh, but he does

1893
01:29:03,840 --> 01:29:06,599
Speaker 7: it in a more effective way because when he escapes,

1894
01:29:06,880 --> 01:29:09,720
Speaker 7: like he's gaining yards right now because he escapes up

1895
01:29:09,760 --> 01:29:12,240
Speaker 7: through the pocket. So it's going to take man elite

1896
01:29:12,400 --> 01:29:15,280
Speaker 7: awareness and focus from our D line.

1897
01:29:15,360 --> 01:29:18,360
Speaker 6: They have to understand that big gap escape is there.

1898
01:29:18,560 --> 01:29:20,400
Speaker 6: So whether you're in. We cannot get up.

1899
01:29:20,479 --> 01:29:22,400
Speaker 7: Feel like he's going to say it short in the

1900
01:29:22,479 --> 01:29:25,280
Speaker 7: pocket escape, so we have to man, we have to

1901
01:29:25,320 --> 01:29:26,920
Speaker 7: close out those anterior gaps.

1902
01:29:27,240 --> 01:29:27,360
Speaker 12: Right.

1903
01:29:27,479 --> 01:29:30,120
Speaker 7: He got us last game, he got us just on

1904
01:29:30,240 --> 01:29:33,160
Speaker 7: a huge run up in the red zone. He escaped

1905
01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:35,320
Speaker 7: through the B gap he was run to convert and

1906
01:29:35,439 --> 01:29:36,599
Speaker 7: allowed him to score points.

1907
01:29:37,080 --> 01:29:38,400
Speaker 4: What about CJ running.

1908
01:29:38,439 --> 01:29:40,439
Speaker 3: We talked about the big run, the twenty seven yarder

1909
01:29:40,479 --> 01:29:42,800
Speaker 3: and getting all pumped up earlier in the conversation, but

1910
01:29:43,320 --> 01:29:45,479
Speaker 3: as a whole I know you want to see him

1911
01:29:45,640 --> 01:29:48,680
Speaker 3: protect himself, but it's so effective when he could take

1912
01:29:48,720 --> 01:29:50,519
Speaker 3: off and run with it from time to time.

1913
01:29:50,479 --> 01:29:52,760
Speaker 6: And CJ and he's done a great job of that.

1914
01:29:52,880 --> 01:29:55,320
Speaker 7: I think this past game of when it's when it's

1915
01:29:55,360 --> 01:29:57,280
Speaker 7: not there, you get in pressure and you have the

1916
01:29:57,400 --> 01:29:59,560
Speaker 7: ability to step up and make plays. It's similar to

1917
01:29:59,720 --> 01:30:02,800
Speaker 7: how speaking about Patrick, Not that you're always looking to run,

1918
01:30:02,960 --> 01:30:05,840
Speaker 7: but if the escape lane is there and you can

1919
01:30:05,920 --> 01:30:09,920
Speaker 7: do it like man that that's a huge play. Anyway,

1920
01:30:10,000 --> 01:30:12,479
Speaker 7: you can make a huge play game yardage on a

1921
01:30:12,560 --> 01:30:15,080
Speaker 7: defense and you can kind of slow down the thread

1922
01:30:15,120 --> 01:30:16,519
Speaker 7: of their pressures and those things.

1923
01:30:16,600 --> 01:30:18,120
Speaker 6: Just when the quarterback.

1924
01:30:17,800 --> 01:30:21,280
Speaker 7: Runs, it's just it slows everyone's down on the defensive

1925
01:30:21,360 --> 01:30:23,439
Speaker 7: side just having the thread of run, right, you have

1926
01:30:23,640 --> 01:30:25,640
Speaker 7: to be aware of it. And you see all the

1927
01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:28,280
Speaker 7: quarterbacks that they that are left that we're taking all

1928
01:30:28,320 --> 01:30:29,840
Speaker 7: the quarterbacks when all the teams.

1929
01:30:29,640 --> 01:30:33,000
Speaker 6: Have that escapability and CJ has it as well. You

1930
01:30:33,200 --> 01:30:33,479
Speaker 6: saw it.

1931
01:30:33,560 --> 01:30:35,559
Speaker 7: I mean going back to his college days, his last

1932
01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:38,920
Speaker 7: game versus Georgia, right when he started to break contain

1933
01:30:39,120 --> 01:30:41,360
Speaker 7: he started to run. That really opened up the lot

1934
01:30:41,439 --> 01:30:44,519
Speaker 7: for their offense in that game. So you know, tell CJ,

1935
01:30:44,720 --> 01:30:47,919
Speaker 7: whatever you have to do to make plays, just understand

1936
01:30:48,080 --> 01:30:50,640
Speaker 7: just like he was, you know, beating his test, Like

1937
01:30:50,800 --> 01:30:53,920
Speaker 7: understand the moment, the I think the energy and the

1938
01:30:54,120 --> 01:30:57,080
Speaker 7: enthusiasm that it gives our entire sideline when he does

1939
01:30:57,200 --> 01:30:57,920
Speaker 7: make those plays.

1940
01:30:58,080 --> 01:31:01,240
Speaker 2: Okay, if you're a coach in the game and you

1941
01:31:01,360 --> 01:31:04,360
Speaker 2: went back to the benches to talk to a particular

1942
01:31:04,520 --> 01:31:06,360
Speaker 2: player and you looked up and you saw a player

1943
01:31:06,479 --> 01:31:09,679
Speaker 2: reading a book on the sideline, what would you think.

1944
01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:11,760
Speaker 6: What's wrong with this guy?

1945
01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:12,840
Speaker 3: No?

1946
01:31:14,200 --> 01:31:16,639
Speaker 6: No, No, First off, where did the book come from?

1947
01:31:17,720 --> 01:31:18,200
Speaker 4: Get out there?

1948
01:31:18,240 --> 01:31:19,320
Speaker 1: How did he get out here?

1949
01:31:19,560 --> 01:31:21,479
Speaker 6: Like that would be my first thought is how did

1950
01:31:21,560 --> 01:31:22,240
Speaker 6: you get a book?

1951
01:31:22,280 --> 01:31:25,000
Speaker 4: And what do you reads. You're carrying it.

1952
01:31:25,280 --> 01:31:26,679
Speaker 6: What are you reading about? Yeah?

1953
01:31:29,200 --> 01:31:31,599
Speaker 2: Brown apparently carries a book to the sideline for every

1954
01:31:31,640 --> 01:31:34,720
Speaker 2: game and he has a passage that he reads. And

1955
01:31:34,960 --> 01:31:37,840
Speaker 2: the cameras caught him on the sideline with this book.

1956
01:31:38,520 --> 01:31:41,439
Speaker 2: And mean, I mean that sidelines almost a whole life. Coach.

1957
01:31:41,479 --> 01:31:43,559
Speaker 7: I don't know, I've ever seen a play book, never

1958
01:31:43,680 --> 01:31:46,439
Speaker 7: seen that. But aj, whatever keeps you grounded, man, keep

1959
01:31:46,479 --> 01:31:47,840
Speaker 7: doing it. I guess he's working for him.

1960
01:31:47,920 --> 01:31:50,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And that's our MG Bank asked coach question

1961
01:31:51,120 --> 01:31:54,360
Speaker 3: of the week, and coach, one more thing, speaking of

1962
01:31:54,400 --> 01:31:55,640
Speaker 3: getting your mind right and all that.

1963
01:31:55,920 --> 01:31:57,519
Speaker 4: The music you guys play in the locker room.

1964
01:31:57,560 --> 01:31:59,800
Speaker 3: We hear some gospel or something on the way in, right,

1965
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:02,519
Speaker 3: and it's early, it's well before the game, but it

1966
01:32:02,600 --> 01:32:04,400
Speaker 3: seems like that kind of gets the guys in a

1967
01:32:04,520 --> 01:32:06,080
Speaker 3: in a really great frame of mind.

1968
01:32:06,160 --> 01:32:07,519
Speaker 4: It's a collective thing at that point.

1969
01:32:07,720 --> 01:32:09,479
Speaker 7: They start out with a lot of gospel music. I

1970
01:32:09,560 --> 01:32:11,760
Speaker 7: hear coming in and it's I think it's just the

1971
01:32:11,880 --> 01:32:16,800
Speaker 7: recenter ground guys as well. Just and then start they

1972
01:32:16,880 --> 01:32:22,320
Speaker 7: start blasting. We keep the gospel music going throughout. No,

1973
01:32:22,520 --> 01:32:25,640
Speaker 7: but that that music, you know, it provides energy to

1974
01:32:25,760 --> 01:32:29,040
Speaker 7: a lot of guys, and I'm thankful for our guys

1975
01:32:29,400 --> 01:32:31,840
Speaker 7: that they do have gospel music. You don't hear that much,

1976
01:32:32,120 --> 01:32:34,720
Speaker 7: probably in a lot of locker rooms, but for our

1977
01:32:34,760 --> 01:32:37,760
Speaker 7: guys to have that awareness of, hey, what keeps us

1978
01:32:37,840 --> 01:32:40,240
Speaker 7: all going, what keeps us grounding, keeping the main thing,

1979
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:40,840
Speaker 7: the main thing.

1980
01:32:40,920 --> 01:32:43,320
Speaker 6: I'm proud of our guys for having a gospel music playing.

1981
01:32:43,479 --> 01:32:45,080
Speaker 4: Absolutely. Coach, thanks a lot of good luck.

1982
01:32:45,160 --> 01:32:45,400
Speaker 6: Thank you.

1983
01:32:45,880 --> 01:32:48,719
Speaker 1: Now I'm telling you, I usually get here very early

1984
01:32:49,520 --> 01:32:50,360
Speaker 1: for a home game.

1985
01:32:50,840 --> 01:32:54,920
Speaker 2: That music is blasting, four and five hours for the game,

1986
01:32:55,360 --> 01:32:57,400
Speaker 2: and invariably I gotta go to the field for something

1987
01:32:58,080 --> 01:32:59,960
Speaker 2: and I walk around the corner and man, that speak

1988
01:33:00,280 --> 01:33:03,160
Speaker 2: is just blaring, and it's got awesome, gives you a

1989
01:33:03,160 --> 01:33:05,200
Speaker 2: little bit of juice as you go on the field,

1990
01:33:06,160 --> 01:33:09,000
Speaker 2: and it's just it's a cool, cool moment. The only

1991
01:33:09,000 --> 01:33:10,599
Speaker 2: a chance to do that as much on the road.

1992
01:33:11,240 --> 01:33:14,000
Speaker 2: But they're gonna carry something with you. That's the thing

1993
01:33:14,040 --> 01:33:18,400
Speaker 2: you carry, the whole the spirit, the soul of this

1994
01:33:18,640 --> 01:33:22,519
Speaker 2: organization of this football team going into a place where

1995
01:33:22,720 --> 01:33:26,600
Speaker 2: you have won just two times in the history of

1996
01:33:26,880 --> 01:33:30,200
Speaker 2: the franchise. One was twenty nineteen. We talked about that

1997
01:33:30,320 --> 01:33:33,280
Speaker 2: a lot. The only other one was in two thousand

1998
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:33,760
Speaker 2: and four.

1999
01:33:34,680 --> 01:33:35,000
Speaker 1: That's it.

2000
01:33:35,560 --> 01:33:38,000
Speaker 2: You've only won there a couple of times, so the

2001
01:33:38,240 --> 01:33:44,599
Speaker 2: task seemingly immense. Two time defending world champions in their building,

2002
01:33:45,160 --> 01:33:50,720
Speaker 2: cold weather, they've got all the advantages. But you've got

2003
01:33:51,160 --> 01:33:56,200
Speaker 2: this brotherhood, You've got this team, You've got these coaches,

2004
01:33:56,560 --> 01:34:00,479
Speaker 2: you have Demiko Ryans, you have Nick Cassio and his

2005
01:34:00,600 --> 01:34:02,439
Speaker 2: staff have put this team together.

2006
01:34:03,320 --> 01:34:08,479
Speaker 1: You've got an opportunity and that is enough. It's enough.

2007
01:34:08,960 --> 01:34:12,680
Speaker 1: Now go in there, compete for sixty minutes. Let it

2008
01:34:12,960 --> 01:34:13,679
Speaker 1: all out.

2009
01:34:14,200 --> 01:34:17,880
Speaker 2: Sean and Seth earlier today had mentioned it's like Johnny

2010
01:34:17,920 --> 01:34:21,080
Speaker 2: Hall's staff. Whatever you can do, who can catch a punt,

2011
01:34:21,400 --> 01:34:23,479
Speaker 2: who can go get a stop, who could go make

2012
01:34:23,520 --> 01:34:27,160
Speaker 2: a catch, It doesn't matter. It's got to be somebody

2013
01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:31,680
Speaker 2: wearing white, and that gets done enough times you'll walk

2014
01:34:31,720 --> 01:34:34,759
Speaker 2: out of there with a landmark win for this organization.

2015
01:34:35,200 --> 01:34:37,720
Speaker 2: I cannot wait. I know y'all out there can't wait.

2016
01:34:38,160 --> 01:34:41,160
Speaker 2: And it's going to be absolutely tremendous. Appreciate the Miko

2017
01:34:41,240 --> 01:34:45,439
Speaker 2: for being on the show. Nico Collins, Drew Doherty, Mark Vandermiir.

2018
01:34:45,479 --> 01:34:49,000
Speaker 2: Of course, Jonathan Alexander was tremendous. All of you guys

2019
01:34:49,120 --> 01:34:52,040
Speaker 2: out there listening. Everybody out there listening, We love you,

2020
01:34:52,360 --> 01:34:55,040
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for all the support, and here's

2021
01:34:55,080 --> 01:34:58,240
Speaker 2: hoping that there is another Friday Night all Access in

2022
01:34:58,320 --> 01:34:59,240
Speaker 2: our future.

2023
01:34:59,280 --> 01:35:04,080
Speaker 1: Very very soon. We will see you tomorrow from Arrowhead

2024
01:35:04,840 --> 01:35:10,400
Speaker 1: Chiefs Texans three thirty. Be there, history into making, hopefully

2025
01:35:10,920 --> 01:35:14,240
Speaker 1: no matter what happens, and as always, go Texans.

2026
01:35:14,320 --> 01:35:18,200
Speaker 3: Hello Texans, Welcome into the bonus hour of Texans Radio,

2027
01:35:18,360 --> 01:35:21,280
Speaker 3: the Friday night late night hour. Actually it's not the

2028
01:35:21,360 --> 01:35:23,639
Speaker 3: latest hour on Sports Radio six to ten because the area.

2029
01:35:23,760 --> 01:35:26,200
Speaker 3: Forty five guys are in the on deck circle swinging

2030
01:35:26,240 --> 01:35:28,639
Speaker 3: the headsets, ready to go, but we've got a long

2031
01:35:28,720 --> 01:35:30,719
Speaker 3: way to go before we get there with some great

2032
01:35:30,920 --> 01:35:34,720
Speaker 3: content for you. This, if they get it, is the

2033
01:35:34,800 --> 01:35:36,880
Speaker 3: biggest win in the history of the franchise.

2034
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:37,760
Speaker 4: Can they do it?

2035
01:35:37,880 --> 01:35:41,639
Speaker 3: There's so much that goes into it. Twelve thirty Texans

2036
01:35:41,760 --> 01:35:45,600
Speaker 3: Countdown presented by Medelo Especial on Saturday afternoon and the

2037
01:35:45,760 --> 01:35:49,679
Speaker 3: three point thirty kickoff from Arrowhead Stadium as the Texans

2038
01:35:49,760 --> 01:35:54,160
Speaker 3: take on the Chiefs. The Chiefs, two times Super Bowl champs,

2039
01:35:54,760 --> 01:35:57,800
Speaker 3: are actually winners of three in the Mahomes era, and

2040
01:35:57,880 --> 01:36:00,160
Speaker 3: I'm not going to go back to Lend Dawson than

2041
01:36:00,200 --> 01:36:02,920
Speaker 3: the old Chiefs and all of that. This era of

2042
01:36:03,040 --> 01:36:06,920
Speaker 3: Chiefs football a dynasty, and you have a chance to

2043
01:36:07,200 --> 01:36:11,439
Speaker 3: shock the world and take them out on Saturday afternoon

2044
01:36:11,800 --> 01:36:15,360
Speaker 3: now before big Texans games and history. Back in the

2045
01:36:15,479 --> 01:36:17,920
Speaker 3: day on sports Radio six ' ten, we would play

2046
01:36:18,040 --> 01:36:22,280
Speaker 3: motivational speeches. We'd play the Paccinos speech from any given Sunday.

2047
01:36:22,760 --> 01:36:25,200
Speaker 3: This one would come up as well, and it's been

2048
01:36:25,360 --> 01:36:27,639
Speaker 3: edited down to fit the moment.

2049
01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:28,679
Speaker 4: Shall we say?

2050
01:36:28,960 --> 01:36:32,200
Speaker 3: He does say tonight, Herb Brooks, I'm talking about from Miracle.

2051
01:36:32,479 --> 01:36:35,640
Speaker 3: It's really Kirk Russell, Goldiehanks's husband delivering the lines. And

2052
01:36:35,720 --> 01:36:38,000
Speaker 3: it was written differently than what really happened in the

2053
01:36:38,040 --> 01:36:40,640
Speaker 3: locker room. But it doesn't matter because it's dramatic and

2054
01:36:40,720 --> 01:36:41,559
Speaker 3: it fits the moment.

2055
01:36:41,760 --> 01:36:42,400
Speaker 4: And here it is.

2056
01:36:43,120 --> 01:36:47,080
Speaker 11: Great moments are born from great opportunity.

2057
01:36:48,120 --> 01:36:48,679
Speaker 6: One game.

2058
01:36:49,520 --> 01:36:51,599
Speaker 11: If we played them ten times, they might win nine,

2059
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:57,640
Speaker 11: but not this game, not tonight. Tonight, we stay with

2060
01:36:57,760 --> 01:37:01,280
Speaker 11: them and we shut them down because we can.

2061
01:37:04,080 --> 01:37:05,800
Speaker 8: Their time is done.

2062
01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:07,200
Speaker 11: It's over.

2063
01:37:07,920 --> 01:37:09,519
Speaker 4: This is your time.

2064
01:37:10,479 --> 01:37:11,640
Speaker 1: I'll go out there and take it.

2065
01:37:12,600 --> 01:37:15,720
Speaker 3: Everybody fired up yet, Okay, let's begin the show with

2066
01:37:15,840 --> 01:37:19,560
Speaker 3: the executive vice president and general manager Nick Casserio, and

2067
01:37:19,680 --> 01:37:22,439
Speaker 3: Johnny and I caught up with him actually on Monday,

2068
01:37:22,880 --> 01:37:24,920
Speaker 3: but this fits the moment because he talks about a

2069
01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,560
Speaker 3: great deal to do with the Kansas City Chiefs, the

2070
01:37:27,680 --> 01:37:30,680
Speaker 3: updated scouting report, and he starts out reflecting on the

2071
01:37:30,800 --> 01:37:32,160
Speaker 3: win over the Chargers.

2072
01:37:32,520 --> 01:37:35,280
Speaker 13: Yeah, played really well collectively as a team. All three

2073
01:37:35,320 --> 01:37:37,840
Speaker 13: phases had us say kind of in the victory there

2074
01:37:37,840 --> 01:37:40,360
Speaker 13: at different points. So and as we talked about going

2075
01:37:40,400 --> 01:37:42,800
Speaker 13: into the game, all three phases or certain bench marks

2076
01:37:42,880 --> 01:37:44,519
Speaker 13: we were going to have to hit. Some of the

2077
01:37:44,560 --> 01:37:46,240
Speaker 13: things that john and I talked about before the game,

2078
01:37:46,280 --> 01:37:47,840
Speaker 13: those came to FRUITIONAIY a little bit some of the

2079
01:37:47,880 --> 01:37:50,360
Speaker 13: emphasis points that we had during the week. So overall

2080
01:37:50,439 --> 01:37:53,200
Speaker 13: is a great team effort. A lot of players contributed.

2081
01:37:53,280 --> 01:37:56,240
Speaker 13: Meaned everybody played good situationally kind of we needed to

2082
01:37:56,880 --> 01:37:59,320
Speaker 13: obviously the turnovers in the end being or a critical

2083
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:00,960
Speaker 13: part of the game, and then we were able to

2084
01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:02,960
Speaker 13: get the ball in the end zone at different points.

2085
01:38:03,000 --> 01:38:05,599
Speaker 13: So overall it's we did enough things to win put

2086
01:38:05,640 --> 01:38:08,040
Speaker 13: ourselves in a good position. Now we know the opportunity

2087
01:38:08,080 --> 01:38:09,519
Speaker 13: this week against a really good football team.

2088
01:38:09,840 --> 01:38:13,559
Speaker 2: Nick, what could have been a turnover, didn't turn into turnover,

2089
01:38:13,640 --> 01:38:15,800
Speaker 2: and it actually maybe turned into the play that maybe

2090
01:38:15,880 --> 01:38:18,240
Speaker 2: popped the top on everything, and that was CJ not

2091
01:38:18,400 --> 01:38:20,679
Speaker 2: catching a snap, dropping a snap, batsnap, whatever you're gonna

2092
01:38:20,720 --> 01:38:23,080
Speaker 2: call it, picking up and finding X. Do you kind

2093
01:38:23,120 --> 01:38:25,320
Speaker 2: of feel like at the time, you know what, maybe

2094
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:27,600
Speaker 2: something kind of quirky, weird but ended up being a

2095
01:38:27,640 --> 01:38:29,640
Speaker 2: big play, could kind of get us going offensively.

2096
01:38:29,920 --> 01:38:32,120
Speaker 13: Yeah, you never really know what play is gonna kind

2097
01:38:32,160 --> 01:38:33,920
Speaker 13: of change the complexion of the game there a little bit,

2098
01:38:33,960 --> 01:38:35,320
Speaker 13: even that start of that drive, we had the ball

2099
01:38:35,360 --> 01:38:36,960
Speaker 13: on the one, we're actually able to get the ball

2100
01:38:37,200 --> 01:38:38,800
Speaker 13: off of the goal line there a little bit. You know,

2101
01:38:38,880 --> 01:38:41,240
Speaker 13: we were backed up the first half, really didn't have

2102
01:38:41,320 --> 01:38:43,559
Speaker 13: control of field positions. Seems like we were always playing

2103
01:38:43,600 --> 01:38:45,880
Speaker 13: on a short field and then we're able to get

2104
01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:48,479
Speaker 13: that conversion there. And even if the snap wasn't drop,

2105
01:38:48,560 --> 01:38:50,240
Speaker 13: you look at the play and the concept there was

2106
01:38:50,280 --> 01:38:53,200
Speaker 13: gonna be some space probably for the incut there. Now,

2107
01:38:53,240 --> 01:38:55,400
Speaker 13: the way the play materialized, I don't think anybody drew

2108
01:38:55,479 --> 01:38:57,479
Speaker 13: that up on a paper, But sometimes players just have

2109
01:38:57,560 --> 01:39:01,599
Speaker 13: to make plays seemingly hutch a play like that during

2110
01:39:01,640 --> 01:39:02,280
Speaker 13: the course of the year.

2111
01:39:02,280 --> 01:39:03,760
Speaker 8: It did against Green Bay, who came up at a

2112
01:39:03,760 --> 01:39:04,639
Speaker 8: third down conversion.

2113
01:39:05,200 --> 01:39:08,320
Speaker 13: When he gets an opportunity, they're limited, but he maximizes

2114
01:39:08,360 --> 01:39:10,360
Speaker 13: those and capitalizes them. And CJ kind of kept this

2115
01:39:10,439 --> 01:39:12,799
Speaker 13: composure and was able to make a good play.

2116
01:39:13,120 --> 01:39:13,760
Speaker 8: While on the move.

2117
01:39:14,439 --> 01:39:17,200
Speaker 3: Well, he hit Schultz and then he hit Nico on

2118
01:39:17,240 --> 01:39:19,720
Speaker 3: the thirty seven yard or that set up the touchdown throw,

2119
01:39:19,760 --> 01:39:22,479
Speaker 3: which was no easy throw on third and long. But

2120
01:39:22,680 --> 01:39:26,080
Speaker 3: what about Nico and CJ finding that chemistry? They have it,

2121
01:39:26,200 --> 01:39:28,280
Speaker 3: but it really came in handy in that game.

2122
01:39:28,600 --> 01:39:30,479
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, those are two really good football players.

2123
01:39:30,560 --> 01:39:33,760
Speaker 13: So anytime those two players are involved offensively, good things

2124
01:39:33,800 --> 01:39:37,000
Speaker 13: are probably going to happen. So, you know, the concept

2125
01:39:37,080 --> 01:39:39,400
Speaker 13: on the play was pretty good. CJ made a really

2126
01:39:39,400 --> 01:39:41,479
Speaker 13: good throw and made a quick decision. Nico was able

2127
01:39:41,520 --> 01:39:43,639
Speaker 13: to win off the lone of scrimmage there right from

2128
01:39:43,680 --> 01:39:46,400
Speaker 13: his snap. So it's all about timing and execution. If

2129
01:39:46,400 --> 01:39:48,200
Speaker 13: you way a little bit longer, or if he gets

2130
01:39:48,240 --> 01:39:50,800
Speaker 13: knocked off the route, maybe that play doesn't work out

2131
01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:51,680
Speaker 13: the way that it did.

2132
01:39:51,880 --> 01:39:54,439
Speaker 8: But those are two players that have made plays.

2133
01:39:54,520 --> 01:39:56,360
Speaker 13: Going back to the first week of the regular season

2134
01:39:56,360 --> 01:39:58,560
Speaker 13: in the Indie game, we saw multiple examples where he

2135
01:39:58,680 --> 01:40:01,120
Speaker 13: basically threw a jump ball up there double coverage and

2136
01:40:01,160 --> 01:40:02,960
Speaker 13: then the third down throw to finish the game. So

2137
01:40:03,479 --> 01:40:05,960
Speaker 13: Nico has been a big part of the offense really

2138
01:40:06,040 --> 01:40:08,800
Speaker 13: over the past couple of seasons, so he made a

2139
01:40:08,840 --> 01:40:09,840
Speaker 13: lot of plays that helped us win.

2140
01:40:10,320 --> 01:40:13,439
Speaker 2: How satisfying was it for you, Nick to see a

2141
01:40:13,600 --> 01:40:16,360
Speaker 2: drive after McConkey takes one to the house, You're like,

2142
01:40:16,760 --> 01:40:19,160
Speaker 2: all right, it's twenty three twelve, it's still or twenty

2143
01:40:19,240 --> 01:40:22,200
Speaker 2: trit twelve, it's still within range for them, and you

2144
01:40:22,280 --> 01:40:24,000
Speaker 2: get the ball. I don't those ten minutes ten minutes

2145
01:40:24,080 --> 01:40:27,639
Speaker 2: lefter or so, and just run, run, run, and get

2146
01:40:27,760 --> 01:40:29,720
Speaker 2: a couple fourth downs and obviously second on terms of

2147
01:40:29,720 --> 01:40:32,000
Speaker 2: the touchdown. How satisfying was it for the run game

2148
01:40:32,040 --> 01:40:33,559
Speaker 2: to kind of click like that at that point?

2149
01:40:33,800 --> 01:40:35,760
Speaker 13: Yeah, And really it's each set of plays. So I

2150
01:40:35,920 --> 01:40:37,640
Speaker 13: gave it the big play on third and thirty or

2151
01:40:37,680 --> 01:40:39,800
Speaker 13: whatever it was, but then we got the two point.

2152
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:41,680
Speaker 13: We blocked the extra point, so we got our two

2153
01:40:41,720 --> 01:40:44,160
Speaker 13: points and then got the ball back. And to be

2154
01:40:44,240 --> 01:40:46,960
Speaker 13: able to take six seven minutes off the clock, that's huge.

2155
01:40:47,000 --> 01:40:49,000
Speaker 13: Anytime you can kind of close out the game or

2156
01:40:49,040 --> 01:40:51,519
Speaker 13: finish the game and a drive like that, credit to

2157
01:40:51,560 --> 01:40:53,559
Speaker 13: the offensive line, credit to the backs. Joe Man had

2158
01:40:53,560 --> 01:40:57,040
Speaker 13: a number of good runs there in different situations. So

2159
01:40:57,240 --> 01:40:59,479
Speaker 13: but any end, it comes down to execution, and we

2160
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:01,120
Speaker 13: were able to and we had a hat on a

2161
01:41:01,160 --> 01:41:02,680
Speaker 13: hat and we accounted for the defenders. It was a

2162
01:41:02,720 --> 01:41:05,560
Speaker 13: few times they had an extra defender there, brought some

2163
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:07,960
Speaker 13: match pressures. They were obviously trying to create a negative play,

2164
01:41:08,280 --> 01:41:09,599
Speaker 13: but then we were able to pop it through there.

2165
01:41:09,600 --> 01:41:11,760
Speaker 13: Even the one where Joe kind of got called out

2166
01:41:11,800 --> 01:41:13,600
Speaker 13: of bounds but was in bounds. I mean that was

2167
01:41:13,640 --> 01:41:15,600
Speaker 13: a chunk run. And then to close it out with

2168
01:41:15,680 --> 01:41:17,320
Speaker 13: the goal line run that he was able to score

2169
01:41:17,479 --> 01:41:20,120
Speaker 13: through ended up being a big play. So anytime you

2170
01:41:20,160 --> 01:41:23,120
Speaker 13: can do that, it's a good win for the offense.

2171
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:26,559
Speaker 3: Well both teams, because with the Texans running games starts

2172
01:41:26,600 --> 01:41:28,640
Speaker 3: off a little slow, but you're staying with it and

2173
01:41:28,760 --> 01:41:29,440
Speaker 3: it pays.

2174
01:41:29,200 --> 01:41:30,720
Speaker 4: Off at the end. With the Chargers, they had some

2175
01:41:30,840 --> 01:41:32,800
Speaker 4: runs early, but then you really shut that down.

2176
01:41:33,280 --> 01:41:35,000
Speaker 13: Yeah, if you look at the games over the weekend,

2177
01:41:35,120 --> 01:41:37,240
Speaker 13: and we talked about this going in any end, the

2178
01:41:37,320 --> 01:41:39,320
Speaker 13: run game is going to factor in in some capacity,

2179
01:41:39,400 --> 01:41:40,960
Speaker 13: both size of the ball, the ability to execute it

2180
01:41:41,000 --> 01:41:43,559
Speaker 13: offensively and the ability to stop it defensively the other

2181
01:41:43,640 --> 01:41:45,840
Speaker 13: side of the ball. So to your point, mark early

2182
01:41:45,920 --> 01:41:47,720
Speaker 13: in the game they were able to knock out a

2183
01:41:47,760 --> 01:41:49,519
Speaker 13: few runs there. We kind of short some things up

2184
01:41:49,560 --> 01:41:52,040
Speaker 13: there defensively with the front and they end up running

2185
01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:54,400
Speaker 13: for fifty sixty yards whatever it was. And then we

2186
01:41:54,479 --> 01:41:56,640
Speaker 13: were able to run for hover many yards, ran over

2187
01:41:56,640 --> 01:41:58,559
Speaker 13: one hundred whatever it was. Joe went over one hundred.

2188
01:41:59,080 --> 01:42:01,200
Speaker 13: DP got in there, I ran for had a couple

2189
01:42:01,200 --> 01:42:03,040
Speaker 13: of good runs, and then CJ made some plays with

2190
01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:05,479
Speaker 13: his legs. So but you look around the league, the

2191
01:42:05,560 --> 01:42:08,160
Speaker 13: teams that ran the ball effectively in the end ended

2192
01:42:08,240 --> 01:42:10,400
Speaker 13: up on the positive side of the scoreboard.

2193
01:42:11,240 --> 01:42:14,000
Speaker 2: One thing I think it's fascinating, Nick, is everybody talks

2194
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:16,360
Speaker 2: about you're going at halftime and you make all these adjustments.

2195
01:42:16,400 --> 01:42:18,559
Speaker 1: You make the adjustments at halftime. It's like you can't

2196
01:42:18,600 --> 01:42:19,360
Speaker 1: do that in the NFL.

2197
01:42:19,920 --> 01:42:23,240
Speaker 2: But really what you just talked about is they were

2198
01:42:23,280 --> 01:42:26,160
Speaker 2: hit some runs, and their runs that is Demko has

2199
01:42:26,160 --> 01:42:27,960
Speaker 2: told me that against this defense, we talked about this

2200
01:42:28,120 --> 01:42:30,840
Speaker 2: and some of the gap style runs can be not

2201
01:42:30,920 --> 01:42:33,560
Speaker 2: this defense is kryptonite, but it can be tough to

2202
01:42:33,640 --> 01:42:35,960
Speaker 2: stop because the way the defense is set up, but

2203
01:42:36,080 --> 01:42:39,600
Speaker 2: it feels like adjustments and reminders have to be on

2204
01:42:39,760 --> 01:42:43,000
Speaker 2: the sideline. Hey, they just ran this, We got to adjust.

2205
01:42:43,040 --> 01:42:44,600
Speaker 2: We've got to make sure that we're doing this doing that.

2206
01:42:44,720 --> 01:42:46,839
Speaker 2: How important was that at that point to make changes

2207
01:42:46,840 --> 01:42:47,720
Speaker 2: against the run like that?

2208
01:42:48,040 --> 01:42:49,040
Speaker 8: It's critically important.

2209
01:42:49,320 --> 01:42:51,400
Speaker 13: You really, after a few series, you kind of have

2210
01:42:51,880 --> 01:42:54,400
Speaker 13: a feel for what's going on in the game, what

2211
01:42:54,520 --> 01:42:56,960
Speaker 13: has hurt us, what has done well? What are some

2212
01:42:57,120 --> 01:43:00,400
Speaker 13: adjustments or tweaks that we can actually make. And that's

2213
01:43:00,439 --> 01:43:02,559
Speaker 13: where when you come off the field, whether on offense

2214
01:43:02,640 --> 01:43:04,360
Speaker 13: or defense, you sit with your position coach and you

2215
01:43:04,439 --> 01:43:06,200
Speaker 13: go through. You look at the tablets, you look at

2216
01:43:06,240 --> 01:43:08,599
Speaker 13: some things, you have some discussions, and then figure out,

2217
01:43:08,600 --> 01:43:10,400
Speaker 13: all right, what can we do to improve this or

2218
01:43:10,479 --> 01:43:11,920
Speaker 13: clean it up and make a little bit better. So

2219
01:43:12,320 --> 01:43:14,720
Speaker 13: you don't wait till halftime. Halftime's more of a kind

2220
01:43:14,760 --> 01:43:16,400
Speaker 13: of a recap, All right, what happened?

2221
01:43:16,439 --> 01:43:16,880
Speaker 8: Where are we?

2222
01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:19,840
Speaker 13: All right, let's get ready for the first possession offensively

2223
01:43:19,880 --> 01:43:22,240
Speaker 13: and defensively. But during the course of the game, you

2224
01:43:22,360 --> 01:43:24,400
Speaker 13: kind of have a sense of what's happening and you

2225
01:43:24,479 --> 01:43:26,040
Speaker 13: got to get it fixed. If you wait too long,

2226
01:43:26,120 --> 01:43:30,080
Speaker 13: then it's too late. What about CJ's runs. You mentioned that, Nick,

2227
01:43:30,320 --> 01:43:32,800
Speaker 13: and it's a weapon. You got to be careful, don't

2228
01:43:32,800 --> 01:43:35,120
Speaker 13: want to risk too much. But it's so effective. You

2229
01:43:35,200 --> 01:43:36,840
Speaker 13: have to pick your spots. And I think we're seeing

2230
01:43:36,920 --> 01:43:39,680
Speaker 13: that more with quarterbacks really throughout the league. So go

2231
01:43:39,880 --> 01:43:42,880
Speaker 13: through the weekend here. You know Jaden makes plays with

2232
01:43:42,960 --> 01:43:45,920
Speaker 13: his legs, Lamar ev everybody knows what Lamar can do

2233
01:43:46,000 --> 01:43:47,560
Speaker 13: with his legs, but Josh a run game is a

2234
01:43:47,600 --> 01:43:50,679
Speaker 13: big component. I would say bo Nicks even had his opportunities. Patrick,

2235
01:43:50,760 --> 01:43:53,160
Speaker 13: we talked about it on this show even before we

2236
01:43:53,240 --> 01:43:55,439
Speaker 13: played them in week fifteen or sixteen. We'll talk about

2237
01:43:55,439 --> 01:43:57,800
Speaker 13: it here again. But the ability to kind of make

2238
01:43:57,840 --> 01:44:01,960
Speaker 13: a play with your legs can potentially extend a drive.

2239
01:44:02,200 --> 01:44:04,479
Speaker 13: And in our case, CJ, that long run you had

2240
01:44:04,520 --> 01:44:06,000
Speaker 13: there in their halftime was able to get it in

2241
01:44:06,080 --> 01:44:08,479
Speaker 13: plus territory. Then we were able to have a couple

2242
01:44:08,520 --> 01:44:10,240
Speaker 13: of completions, able to kick the field goal, then we

2243
01:44:10,320 --> 01:44:11,599
Speaker 13: go ten to six, and then we get the ball

2244
01:44:11,640 --> 01:44:13,880
Speaker 13: back to start the second half. So when you can

2245
01:44:13,920 --> 01:44:15,720
Speaker 13: make a play like that, it's just I don't want

2246
01:44:15,760 --> 01:44:17,719
Speaker 13: to say it's an extra player, it's a free play.

2247
01:44:17,920 --> 01:44:20,400
Speaker 13: But there's times where the defense accounts for that player

2248
01:44:20,439 --> 01:44:22,479
Speaker 13: and the other times that he doesn't. So you have

2249
01:44:22,600 --> 01:44:24,679
Speaker 13: to be smart about how you do it. You can't

2250
01:44:24,800 --> 01:44:26,479
Speaker 13: just go back and then just take off. You got

2251
01:44:26,560 --> 01:44:27,920
Speaker 13: to run around. You have to have a sense and

2252
01:44:27,960 --> 01:44:30,760
Speaker 13: a feel for what's going on in the pocket, what's

2253
01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:32,479
Speaker 13: the defense doing on the other side of the ball.

2254
01:44:32,600 --> 01:44:35,080
Speaker 13: But quarterbacks that can kind of use their legs to

2255
01:44:35,120 --> 01:44:36,519
Speaker 13: sort of get out of harm's way or make a

2256
01:44:36,600 --> 01:44:38,320
Speaker 13: positive play, it's certainly a plus.

2257
01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:43,040
Speaker 2: Coach Nick, after the interception the CJ threw on the sideline,

2258
01:44:43,320 --> 01:44:46,040
Speaker 2: it's six to nothing. They get the ball in our

2259
01:44:46,439 --> 01:44:49,879
Speaker 2: plus territory for them, and Kamari comes up with that interception.

2260
01:44:50,200 --> 01:44:52,800
Speaker 2: We talk about all the big plays you want, Joe's touchdown, run,

2261
01:44:52,920 --> 01:44:55,320
Speaker 2: Nico's touchdown, the fumble to turn it into a completion.

2262
01:44:55,720 --> 01:44:58,040
Speaker 2: But it felt like that play because we were talking

2263
01:44:58,040 --> 01:45:01,000
Speaker 2: about during the broadcast, like many get first down, think

2264
01:45:01,000 --> 01:45:04,640
Speaker 2: at the two scores, man, that's maybe trouble. But then

2265
01:45:04,720 --> 01:45:06,679
Speaker 2: Kamari comes up with the interception. How big a play

2266
01:45:06,680 --> 01:45:08,000
Speaker 2: in your eyes? Did you think that one was at

2267
01:45:08,040 --> 01:45:08,320
Speaker 2: that time?

2268
01:45:08,520 --> 01:45:11,360
Speaker 13: Yeah, you talk about sudden chains. People talk about sudden

2269
01:45:11,439 --> 01:45:14,280
Speaker 13: chains that's a good example. I would say even in

2270
01:45:14,360 --> 01:45:18,000
Speaker 13: the first quarter, the turnover on first play offensively and

2271
01:45:18,080 --> 01:45:19,960
Speaker 13: then we're able to get the defensive stop and force

2272
01:45:20,040 --> 01:45:22,360
Speaker 13: them into the field goals. So those plays you never

2273
01:45:22,400 --> 01:45:24,080
Speaker 13: know when they're gonna happen, But you just have to

2274
01:45:24,120 --> 01:45:26,639
Speaker 13: be able to respond to this situation. You can't dwell

2275
01:45:26,680 --> 01:45:29,760
Speaker 13: on what has happened positively or negatively. You just have

2276
01:45:29,880 --> 01:45:31,879
Speaker 13: to move on to the next player, to the next situation.

2277
01:45:32,040 --> 01:45:34,840
Speaker 13: That's a really good example. They had a concept drawn up.

2278
01:45:35,160 --> 01:45:37,320
Speaker 13: Johnston kind of was lined up on the left side

2279
01:45:37,320 --> 01:45:38,840
Speaker 13: of the field start as if he was gonna running

2280
01:45:38,840 --> 01:45:40,360
Speaker 13: over route, and it broke it back there to the

2281
01:45:40,439 --> 01:45:42,320
Speaker 13: corner and it ended up being kind of like a

2282
01:45:42,400 --> 01:45:45,160
Speaker 13: double post concept. Kamari was in a really good position

2283
01:45:45,240 --> 01:45:46,800
Speaker 13: and he basically went up there and just played the

2284
01:45:46,840 --> 01:45:49,080
Speaker 13: ball and took the ball away. So Kamari has made

2285
01:45:49,120 --> 01:45:51,480
Speaker 13: plays for us all year, and that was another illustration

2286
01:45:51,600 --> 01:45:51,760
Speaker 13: of that.

2287
01:45:52,240 --> 01:45:55,360
Speaker 3: I love a story like D'Angelo Ross, who you know,

2288
01:45:55,479 --> 01:45:57,960
Speaker 3: he's been up and down, practice, squad, off the roster, rod,

2289
01:45:58,000 --> 01:45:59,960
Speaker 3: the roster, and he makes one of the big play

2290
01:46:00,360 --> 01:46:03,080
Speaker 3: the game because they get some momentum and then you

2291
01:46:03,200 --> 01:46:05,240
Speaker 3: kind of thwart it with that block and the two

2292
01:46:05,280 --> 01:46:06,439
Speaker 3: point conversion the other way.

2293
01:46:06,920 --> 01:46:09,000
Speaker 13: Yeah, I'd say Delo is a really good example of

2294
01:46:09,240 --> 01:46:11,680
Speaker 13: you're gonna need everybody at some point during the year,

2295
01:46:12,080 --> 01:46:13,760
Speaker 13: and when you build a depth of your team and

2296
01:46:13,800 --> 01:46:16,200
Speaker 13: your roster, it's players that are on the roster that

2297
01:46:16,400 --> 01:46:18,200
Speaker 13: on a fifty three and then the other sixteen or

2298
01:46:18,240 --> 01:46:20,120
Speaker 13: seventeen that are on a practice squad because you have

2299
01:46:20,200 --> 01:46:23,479
Speaker 13: the flexibility to bring him up and down. But Dianozo

2300
01:46:23,479 --> 01:46:26,120
Speaker 13: has had a great attitude all year. He doesn't say anything.

2301
01:46:26,160 --> 01:46:28,200
Speaker 13: If you try to have a conversation with him, like

2302
01:46:28,439 --> 01:46:31,240
Speaker 13: you'll get more words and edgewise and four seconds then he.

2303
01:46:31,280 --> 01:46:32,759
Speaker 8: Will over the course of the whole conversation.

2304
01:46:32,920 --> 01:46:37,559
Speaker 13: But very smart, humble, works hard, cares a lot about winning,

2305
01:46:37,720 --> 01:46:39,600
Speaker 13: does the right thing for the team, and whatever you

2306
01:46:39,640 --> 01:46:42,120
Speaker 13: can do to contribute. He's shown the ability to do that.

2307
01:46:42,240 --> 01:46:43,600
Speaker 13: We've had a play him at corner. He had a

2308
01:46:43,640 --> 01:46:44,840
Speaker 13: Green Bay game where he had to go out there

2309
01:46:44,840 --> 01:46:46,320
Speaker 13: and play a little bit. Gave up some plays, but

2310
01:46:46,439 --> 01:46:48,840
Speaker 13: that's gonna happen playing corner. But he's helped us in

2311
01:46:48,920 --> 01:46:51,160
Speaker 13: the kicking game. It's a good example of a player

2312
01:46:51,560 --> 01:46:53,519
Speaker 13: your opportunity and defense may come as a result of

2313
01:46:53,560 --> 01:46:55,439
Speaker 13: what you're doing a kicking game, so but that play

2314
01:46:55,760 --> 01:46:58,760
Speaker 13: to be able to get points after they score, that

2315
01:46:58,920 --> 01:47:00,680
Speaker 13: certainly was a bit playing a game.

2316
01:47:00,800 --> 01:47:03,160
Speaker 2: He also gets his hands on the block, which doesn't

2317
01:47:03,160 --> 01:47:04,960
Speaker 2: turn into a block because ball goes down the field.

2318
01:47:05,040 --> 01:47:07,519
Speaker 2: But that's something I think it's a it's a great

2319
01:47:07,600 --> 01:47:10,360
Speaker 2: lesson for players. That's something that we've seen him work

2320
01:47:10,439 --> 01:47:13,000
Speaker 2: on all year. We've been watching that practice all year,

2321
01:47:13,120 --> 01:47:16,760
Speaker 2: like all year here, and you're like, it's never gonna work.

2322
01:47:16,920 --> 01:47:18,519
Speaker 2: It's never and then the one time you think as

2323
01:47:18,520 --> 01:47:20,639
Speaker 2: it's never gonna work, it actually works and he ends

2324
01:47:20,680 --> 01:47:21,200
Speaker 2: up making a play.

2325
01:47:21,320 --> 01:47:22,960
Speaker 1: By the way he spoke to me after the game

2326
01:47:23,040 --> 01:47:25,800
Speaker 1: in his interview, he's a little better than you. Ima

2327
01:47:26,240 --> 01:47:27,040
Speaker 1: was gonna put it out there.

2328
01:47:27,120 --> 01:47:28,120
Speaker 8: Okay, he is excited.

2329
01:47:28,280 --> 01:47:30,040
Speaker 1: It's a great win. Wait wait, wait, wait, I got

2330
01:47:30,120 --> 01:47:30,439
Speaker 1: one more.

2331
01:47:30,479 --> 01:47:30,719
Speaker 6: Okay.

2332
01:47:30,920 --> 01:47:34,439
Speaker 4: On Chris Farley question, Derek Stingley Jr. He's awesome.

2333
01:47:34,680 --> 01:47:36,519
Speaker 8: He's good, really good player.

2334
01:47:36,680 --> 01:47:41,759
Speaker 13: Yes, all pro corner big upset, not bad dere Derek's

2335
01:47:41,760 --> 01:47:44,000
Speaker 13: a really good player. So he's worked really hard. He's

2336
01:47:44,080 --> 01:47:46,880
Speaker 13: improved really honestly from the beginning of the season until now.

2337
01:47:47,040 --> 01:47:48,960
Speaker 13: So it takes a lot of pride in what he does.

2338
01:47:49,479 --> 01:47:51,639
Speaker 13: I'd say the big thing, the big area is probably

2339
01:47:51,640 --> 01:47:53,519
Speaker 13: improved and helped us the most is the tackling in

2340
01:47:53,560 --> 01:47:55,720
Speaker 13: the run force. He's had a number of plays where

2341
01:47:55,760 --> 01:47:57,040
Speaker 13: we're able to kind of set the edge of the

2342
01:47:57,080 --> 01:48:00,679
Speaker 13: defense where he's forced the ball back. But he's gonna

2343
01:48:00,680 --> 01:48:02,320
Speaker 13: make a play in the ball if he's close. And

2344
01:48:02,400 --> 01:48:05,160
Speaker 13: he's shown that over the course of his career. So great,

2345
01:48:05,200 --> 01:48:06,519
Speaker 13: great player. Glad he's on our team.

2346
01:48:07,040 --> 01:48:09,280
Speaker 2: Okay, So we played the Chiefs all the way back

2347
01:48:09,320 --> 01:48:11,760
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty four, so I want to ask you

2348
01:48:11,800 --> 01:48:12,759
Speaker 2: about the scouting report.

2349
01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:16,120
Speaker 1: So I'll just ask you about this. What's different about them?

2350
01:48:16,840 --> 01:48:17,719
Speaker 1: What can change?

2351
01:48:18,600 --> 01:48:20,439
Speaker 2: How many guys played or didn't play in that game

2352
01:48:20,479 --> 01:48:21,800
Speaker 2: that we might not see in this one. They've got

2353
01:48:21,800 --> 01:48:23,640
Speaker 2: a lot of rest your thoughts, just your thoughts in

2354
01:48:23,760 --> 01:48:24,639
Speaker 2: general about the Chiefs.

2355
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:27,080
Speaker 13: Yeah, they've started to get into a little bit of

2356
01:48:27,160 --> 01:48:29,760
Speaker 13: rhythm offensively, I'd say, when you kind of look at

2357
01:48:29,880 --> 01:48:32,040
Speaker 13: how they played our game and o'patrick was he's going

2358
01:48:32,080 --> 01:48:32,320
Speaker 13: to play.

2359
01:48:32,320 --> 01:48:33,760
Speaker 8: He's not going to play. I think everybody assumed he

2360
01:48:33,880 --> 01:48:34,400
Speaker 8: was going to play.

2361
01:48:34,479 --> 01:48:37,320
Speaker 13: But they played pretty efficient offense in that game, did

2362
01:48:37,360 --> 01:48:38,880
Speaker 13: a good job of getting the ball out of their hand.

2363
01:48:39,920 --> 01:48:42,040
Speaker 13: Mark Hollywood came back in that game as well, So

2364
01:48:42,120 --> 01:48:43,960
Speaker 13: they kind of have a full complement of.

2365
01:48:44,080 --> 01:48:46,400
Speaker 8: Skilled players in the offensive line.

2366
01:48:46,439 --> 01:48:48,439
Speaker 13: It looks like they've kind of found a formula that's

2367
01:48:48,479 --> 01:48:51,360
Speaker 13: worked with Joe left tackle and Collando inside, whether or

2368
01:48:51,360 --> 01:48:54,160
Speaker 13: not they put Humphreys back out there and put Joe inside,

2369
01:48:55,200 --> 01:48:57,880
Speaker 13: and then so they really they played well offensively against

2370
01:48:57,920 --> 01:49:00,960
Speaker 13: Pittsburgh on Christmas Day, So I mean had a nine

2371
01:49:01,080 --> 01:49:04,120
Speaker 13: or ten catches and Travis does what Travis does, which

2372
01:49:04,160 --> 01:49:06,560
Speaker 13: is find a space and they Patrick finds him in

2373
01:49:06,640 --> 01:49:09,080
Speaker 13: critical situation and throws it to him. So they've been

2374
01:49:09,080 --> 01:49:12,200
Speaker 13: pretty fishing offensively, and then defensively, they've actually done a

2375
01:49:12,240 --> 01:49:14,360
Speaker 13: pretty good job of taking the ball away. You know,

2376
01:49:14,479 --> 01:49:17,080
Speaker 13: since our game. In our game and the Pittsburgh game,

2377
01:49:17,080 --> 01:49:19,840
Speaker 13: they're up. Till that point, they were kind of middle

2378
01:49:19,920 --> 01:49:22,360
Speaker 13: to lower. They've kind of improved their turnover margin it

2379
01:49:22,400 --> 01:49:24,080
Speaker 13: a little bit, so taking the ball away a little

2380
01:49:24,080 --> 01:49:26,920
Speaker 13: bit more, not turning it over. Offensively, Patrick's done a

2381
01:49:26,960 --> 01:49:29,559
Speaker 13: really good job of not turning the ball over, which

2382
01:49:29,680 --> 01:49:32,920
Speaker 13: maybe up midway through the year his interception total was high,

2383
01:49:33,280 --> 01:49:35,960
Speaker 13: but he's able to kind of minimize that. So take

2384
01:49:36,000 --> 01:49:37,639
Speaker 13: care of the football is going to be critically important.

2385
01:49:37,680 --> 01:49:39,160
Speaker 13: A team that takes it away is probably going to

2386
01:49:39,240 --> 01:49:41,800
Speaker 13: have the advantage. But looks like they're healthy, they have

2387
01:49:41,840 --> 01:49:45,280
Speaker 13: a full complement of players. And then defensively, everything starts

2388
01:49:45,320 --> 01:49:48,200
Speaker 13: with the front. Everything starts with Chris. He's kind of

2389
01:49:48,240 --> 01:49:50,040
Speaker 13: been in and out. He's been kind of nursing a

2390
01:49:50,160 --> 01:49:52,439
Speaker 13: knee or whatever it was. But it looks like they

2391
01:49:52,520 --> 01:49:56,200
Speaker 13: have everybody healthy. They've had twenty some odd days they

2392
01:49:56,240 --> 01:49:58,240
Speaker 13: get ready for this game. So we're going to get

2393
01:49:58,240 --> 01:50:00,599
Speaker 13: their best shot. They're gonna get our best. So it's

2394
01:50:00,640 --> 01:50:02,720
Speaker 13: going to come down to execution and who makes the

2395
01:50:02,760 --> 01:50:05,400
Speaker 13: most plays and who plays the best on that particular day.

2396
01:50:05,680 --> 01:50:08,439
Speaker 3: How much does it help that it's been less than

2397
01:50:08,479 --> 01:50:10,920
Speaker 3: a month that you played that game and you were

2398
01:50:11,040 --> 01:50:12,599
Speaker 3: right in it in the second half.

2399
01:50:12,680 --> 01:50:14,240
Speaker 13: Yeah, I would say you don't have to necessarily go

2400
01:50:14,320 --> 01:50:17,000
Speaker 13: back and refamiliarize yourself with the personnel. You have a

2401
01:50:17,040 --> 01:50:20,479
Speaker 13: pretty good understanding of their team because it's pretty fresh.

2402
01:50:20,800 --> 01:50:22,720
Speaker 13: You're going to go back and obviously look at that game,

2403
01:50:22,800 --> 01:50:25,400
Speaker 13: look at our game. What happened in the game, what worked,

2404
01:50:25,439 --> 01:50:28,400
Speaker 13: what didn't work? What are some adjustments that we can make. Obviously,

2405
01:50:28,479 --> 01:50:31,240
Speaker 13: study the Pittsburgh game. They played a number of backups

2406
01:50:31,280 --> 01:50:33,200
Speaker 13: against Denver, but you're still going to go back and

2407
01:50:33,240 --> 01:50:35,400
Speaker 13: look at that game. Maybe there's some themes or ideas

2408
01:50:35,479 --> 01:50:38,439
Speaker 13: that showed up, but you're not going back kind of

2409
01:50:38,520 --> 01:50:40,479
Speaker 13: turning the page where you played them week four, week

2410
01:50:40,560 --> 01:50:43,519
Speaker 13: five to see like what significant changes have taken place.

2411
01:50:44,080 --> 01:50:48,720
Speaker 13: This is really it's fresh. It's we're familiar with them,

2412
01:50:48,760 --> 01:50:51,160
Speaker 13: they're familiar with us. You're going to go back through

2413
01:50:51,280 --> 01:50:53,160
Speaker 13: and just maybe figure out some things and make some

2414
01:50:53,200 --> 01:50:56,080
Speaker 13: modifications and adjustments based on what happened in the previous game.

2415
01:50:56,520 --> 01:50:59,840
Speaker 2: How impressive, and you know him, How impressive is what

2416
01:51:00,160 --> 01:51:03,479
Speaker 2: Joe Tony is doing moving from left guard to left

2417
01:51:03,600 --> 01:51:06,360
Speaker 2: tackle and being as successful as he is.

2418
01:51:06,479 --> 01:51:07,600
Speaker 1: How difficult is that to do?

2419
01:51:07,720 --> 01:51:10,639
Speaker 13: Nick, Yeah, it's very impressive and anesotly he doesn't surprise

2420
01:51:10,880 --> 01:51:13,960
Speaker 13: anybody that's been around Joe Toney. He's very instinctive, he's

2421
01:51:14,040 --> 01:51:17,160
Speaker 13: very aware, he's very smart, he's very tough. He played

2422
01:51:17,240 --> 01:51:19,360
Speaker 13: left tackle at North Carolina State. I know it was

2423
01:51:19,439 --> 01:51:22,360
Speaker 13: moons ago when he's played guard is essentially his entire career,

2424
01:51:22,960 --> 01:51:25,960
Speaker 13: but they felt like that was their best option is

2425
01:51:26,040 --> 01:51:28,120
Speaker 13: to move him out. They've had just some moving parts

2426
01:51:28,160 --> 01:51:30,000
Speaker 13: there at left tackle. But to be able to do

2427
01:51:30,160 --> 01:51:33,040
Speaker 13: that that late in the season different. It's a little

2428
01:51:33,040 --> 01:51:34,960
Speaker 13: bit like what Titus has done, kind of going from

2429
01:51:35,040 --> 01:51:37,760
Speaker 13: right tackle going inside to play guard. But to go

2430
01:51:37,840 --> 01:51:40,800
Speaker 13: from left guard to left tackle, that's certainly not easy

2431
01:51:40,920 --> 01:51:44,080
Speaker 13: because you're blocking a different type of player out there

2432
01:51:44,120 --> 01:51:47,160
Speaker 13: on the perimeter. But Joe's a very smart, very instinctive

2433
01:51:47,400 --> 01:51:50,040
Speaker 13: Joe's a good football player. He's been in this league

2434
01:51:50,280 --> 01:51:53,120
Speaker 13: a long time and he's been very productive. Essentially, he's

2435
01:51:53,200 --> 01:51:55,200
Speaker 13: very consistent, and he's done a really.

2436
01:51:55,120 --> 01:51:55,720
Speaker 8: Good job for them.

2437
01:51:55,960 --> 01:51:58,439
Speaker 3: Nick, we saw aase against Tennessee, But what did it

2438
01:51:58,520 --> 01:52:00,920
Speaker 3: mean to have him out there against the Chargers. His

2439
01:52:01,080 --> 01:52:04,960
Speaker 3: contribution and not just making plays, but psychologically for the team.

2440
01:52:05,120 --> 01:52:08,519
Speaker 13: Yeah, his leadership, his toughness, his communication is huge for

2441
01:52:08,640 --> 01:52:12,240
Speaker 13: our defense. So he kind of settles everything down. Sometimes

2442
01:52:12,280 --> 01:52:14,120
Speaker 13: he has to do too much, kind of get everybody

2443
01:52:14,160 --> 01:52:16,479
Speaker 13: else kind of in the right spot. But he's a

2444
01:52:16,560 --> 01:52:18,880
Speaker 13: very instinctive football player. I think these two games you

2445
01:52:18,960 --> 01:52:21,160
Speaker 13: can kind of see he's got his feet back underneath them,

2446
01:52:21,240 --> 01:52:22,800
Speaker 13: and we didn't have a z's in the first one

2447
01:52:23,000 --> 01:52:26,800
Speaker 13: against Kansas City, So good opportunity him. You know a

2448
01:52:26,840 --> 01:52:28,599
Speaker 13: couple of other players that didn't play in that game

2449
01:52:28,640 --> 01:52:31,080
Speaker 13: that you know we'll have back here. But Aziz has

2450
01:52:31,120 --> 01:52:32,720
Speaker 13: been a good player for us all year, so it's

2451
01:52:32,720 --> 01:52:34,040
Speaker 13: good to have him on a field, there's no question

2452
01:52:34,040 --> 01:52:34,320
Speaker 13: about it.

2453
01:52:34,479 --> 01:52:35,840
Speaker 3: And one more on a guy who's been out for

2454
01:52:35,920 --> 01:52:38,080
Speaker 3: a bit, but he's back fully fought Acasi and what

2455
01:52:38,240 --> 01:52:39,720
Speaker 3: he means for the D line. I know you have

2456
01:52:39,800 --> 01:52:42,560
Speaker 3: so many guys up there rotating, it's constant, but he

2457
01:52:42,640 --> 01:52:44,559
Speaker 3: seems to be a really valuable piece in the middle.

2458
01:52:44,880 --> 01:52:45,040
Speaker 1: Yeah.

2459
01:52:45,160 --> 01:52:46,960
Speaker 13: Fully, when he's been on the field, it just gives

2460
01:52:47,000 --> 01:52:48,800
Speaker 13: you kind of a bigger presence of bigger body on

2461
01:52:48,840 --> 01:52:50,920
Speaker 13: the inside part of the run defense. So he's big,

2462
01:52:51,040 --> 01:52:54,000
Speaker 13: he's strong, he's physical, he's instinctive. He made a number

2463
01:52:54,040 --> 01:52:56,800
Speaker 13: of plays the other night against the Chargers, so worked

2464
01:52:56,840 --> 01:52:58,360
Speaker 13: really hard to get himself in a position to be

2465
01:52:58,400 --> 01:53:00,880
Speaker 13: able to contribute. So hopefully he's available to us here

2466
01:53:00,920 --> 01:53:01,479
Speaker 13: again this week.

2467
01:53:01,640 --> 01:53:03,439
Speaker 2: You know, some of the injuries the Chief said early

2468
01:53:03,600 --> 01:53:06,000
Speaker 2: forced them to go out and get Hopkins, but then

2469
01:53:06,000 --> 01:53:08,800
Speaker 2: they get Hollywood back and our game was the first

2470
01:53:08,840 --> 01:53:10,600
Speaker 2: game that we had a chance to see him and

2471
01:53:10,680 --> 01:53:12,560
Speaker 2: so you're okay, well, how's he fit in? You know,

2472
01:53:12,600 --> 01:53:15,160
Speaker 2: they got Worthy of the burner could do some things. Obviously,

2473
01:53:15,160 --> 01:53:18,000
Speaker 2: there's always Travis and then there's Hop. What is Hollywood

2474
01:53:18,000 --> 01:53:19,800
Speaker 2: gonna bring? Okay, he's just gonna be a nine route

2475
01:53:19,800 --> 01:53:22,080
Speaker 2: down a field and then well do you see how

2476
01:53:22,160 --> 01:53:24,680
Speaker 2: they sprinkled him in and you're like, well this could

2477
01:53:24,720 --> 01:53:27,120
Speaker 2: be pretty dangerous. How do you look at Hollywood, Nick

2478
01:53:27,160 --> 01:53:29,040
Speaker 2: and how tough is it to kind of figure out

2479
01:53:29,040 --> 01:53:30,280
Speaker 2: what more they can do with him?

2480
01:53:30,400 --> 01:53:32,160
Speaker 13: Yeah, it's a little bit more nuanced. Then Okay, they

2481
01:53:32,200 --> 01:53:33,479
Speaker 13: just put him on a field and let him run

2482
01:53:33,479 --> 01:53:36,320
Speaker 13: down the field. So Hollywood, it's say he and Worthy

2483
01:53:36,320 --> 01:53:39,840
Speaker 13: are similar. They're both fast, they're both quick, they can

2484
01:53:40,000 --> 01:53:41,759
Speaker 13: run variety of different routes.

2485
01:53:42,439 --> 01:53:44,599
Speaker 8: He's getting more comfortable, they're using him more.

2486
01:53:44,680 --> 01:53:46,360
Speaker 13: I would say Kansas City does a good job of

2487
01:53:46,400 --> 01:53:49,880
Speaker 13: really utilizing all their offensive skill. So, whether it's Noah

2488
01:53:49,920 --> 01:53:52,600
Speaker 13: and Travis, Kelce talked about Hollywood talked about Worthy of

2489
01:53:52,760 --> 01:53:54,800
Speaker 13: Justin Watson as a player nobody really talks about, but

2490
01:53:55,040 --> 01:53:57,200
Speaker 13: it's a player Patrick likes throwing the ball to Hop

2491
01:53:57,280 --> 01:53:59,640
Speaker 13: has his role or me heos kind of helped him

2492
01:53:59,640 --> 01:54:02,320
Speaker 13: and turn game so they use all of their offensive

2493
01:54:02,360 --> 01:54:05,280
Speaker 13: skill and offensive personnel, so it just gives them another

2494
01:54:05,400 --> 01:54:07,639
Speaker 13: player that they feel good about, which is why they

2495
01:54:07,680 --> 01:54:09,040
Speaker 13: added them to the team in the first place.

2496
01:54:09,360 --> 01:54:11,240
Speaker 3: Nick, you're out a great young head coach and Debiko

2497
01:54:11,360 --> 01:54:13,599
Speaker 3: Ryans who are around Bill Belichick one of the greatest

2498
01:54:13,600 --> 01:54:17,000
Speaker 3: coaches ever, Andy Reid facing him this week, And you

2499
01:54:17,080 --> 01:54:19,200
Speaker 3: look at the Philadelphia part of the resume, that alone

2500
01:54:19,200 --> 01:54:20,479
Speaker 3: looks like a Hall of Fame career.

2501
01:54:20,560 --> 01:54:22,160
Speaker 4: What about all he's been able to do in his

2502
01:54:22,280 --> 01:54:23,200
Speaker 4: career and it's still going.

2503
01:54:23,320 --> 01:54:23,479
Speaker 6: Yeah.

2504
01:54:23,520 --> 01:54:26,080
Speaker 13: Andy's just so consistent, has a great grasp of his

2505
01:54:26,200 --> 01:54:29,240
Speaker 13: team what they have to do each week. And Andy

2506
01:54:29,280 --> 01:54:32,080
Speaker 13: has shown the ability to adjust and adapt his system

2507
01:54:32,400 --> 01:54:34,920
Speaker 13: as he goes And that's a mark of a great

2508
01:54:34,960 --> 01:54:36,520
Speaker 13: coach is to be able to look at your team

2509
01:54:36,560 --> 01:54:39,240
Speaker 13: figure out what you have to do well. The West

2510
01:54:39,320 --> 01:54:41,720
Speaker 13: Coast kind of offensive system that he ran in Philly,

2511
01:54:42,240 --> 01:54:44,880
Speaker 13: what they're doing here in KC is totally different. There's

2512
01:54:44,960 --> 01:54:48,520
Speaker 13: some nuances that are probably probably carry over, but he's

2513
01:54:48,600 --> 01:54:51,000
Speaker 13: just been so consistent, so steady. When you win, however

2514
01:54:51,080 --> 01:54:53,640
Speaker 13: many divisions they've won, they've been in the AFC Championship game.

2515
01:54:53,640 --> 01:54:55,600
Speaker 13: I don't know six seven years in a row. I

2516
01:54:55,640 --> 01:54:57,800
Speaker 13: mean everything starts at the top with the head coach,

2517
01:54:57,920 --> 01:55:00,080
Speaker 13: So a lot of respect for Andy, the way he

2518
01:55:00,200 --> 01:55:01,760
Speaker 13: runs the program. I mean he'll be in the Hall

2519
01:55:01,800 --> 01:55:03,240
Speaker 13: of Fame one day and deservedly.

2520
01:55:03,320 --> 01:55:03,360
Speaker 4: So.

2521
01:55:03,760 --> 01:55:06,040
Speaker 2: We know obviously homes and we talked about all the weapons,

2522
01:55:06,480 --> 01:55:09,880
Speaker 2: but how important does stopping Pacheco, not letting him get going,

2523
01:55:09,920 --> 01:55:13,120
Speaker 2: whether it's runs or screens, and just keeping that element

2524
01:55:13,200 --> 01:55:16,640
Speaker 2: of the game in intact as much as you possibly can.

2525
01:55:16,760 --> 01:55:18,440
Speaker 13: Nick the run game is going to be a factor

2526
01:55:18,520 --> 01:55:20,160
Speaker 13: in this game, both sides of the ball, so and

2527
01:55:20,240 --> 01:55:21,880
Speaker 13: he's a big part of the run game. I think

2528
01:55:21,920 --> 01:55:24,280
Speaker 13: our game might have been one of the few first

2529
01:55:24,320 --> 01:55:26,000
Speaker 13: game back or he's been in and out because he's

2530
01:55:26,040 --> 01:55:30,080
Speaker 13: had some injuries. But he's so he runs hard, he's tough,

2531
01:55:30,440 --> 01:55:34,080
Speaker 13: he's strong, he's hard to tackle. He gets extra cards

2532
01:55:34,080 --> 01:55:37,320
Speaker 13: after contacts, so swarm tackling get as many hats as

2533
01:55:37,320 --> 01:55:37,720
Speaker 13: the ball.

2534
01:55:37,640 --> 01:55:39,400
Speaker 8: Around him will be critically important.

2535
01:55:39,920 --> 01:55:41,960
Speaker 3: This time of year, we see all these coaching jobs

2536
01:55:42,040 --> 01:55:45,440
Speaker 3: opened up and people interviewing. How much do people call

2537
01:55:45,520 --> 01:55:49,640
Speaker 3: around and get references on guys from other gms and

2538
01:55:49,880 --> 01:55:50,640
Speaker 3: personnel people.

2539
01:55:50,720 --> 01:55:52,040
Speaker 4: How often does that kind of thing happen.

2540
01:55:52,080 --> 01:55:52,960
Speaker 8: It's case by case.

2541
01:55:53,240 --> 01:55:56,080
Speaker 13: You'll have some people might have their group of people

2542
01:55:56,200 --> 01:55:58,720
Speaker 13: that they get information from, but if they have a

2543
01:55:58,800 --> 01:56:01,040
Speaker 13: question on somebody, I think every buddy kind of knows

2544
01:56:01,120 --> 01:56:04,360
Speaker 13: everybody or everything. You start with the tape and then

2545
01:56:04,400 --> 01:56:06,360
Speaker 13: you kind of work backwards. You're probably doing some work

2546
01:56:06,400 --> 01:56:09,280
Speaker 13: behind the scenes. So we're always going to be pretty

2547
01:56:09,320 --> 01:56:11,960
Speaker 13: open and pretty honest and however we can help whoever

2548
01:56:12,080 --> 01:56:12,280
Speaker 13: it is.

2549
01:56:12,400 --> 01:56:13,400
Speaker 8: It's just the right thing to do.

2550
01:56:13,680 --> 01:56:16,440
Speaker 13: And whether it's the coach or you just want to

2551
01:56:16,440 --> 01:56:18,120
Speaker 13: if someone asks you a question, you just want to

2552
01:56:18,120 --> 01:56:20,040
Speaker 13: give them a straight answer and be honest and direct

2553
01:56:20,080 --> 01:56:22,040
Speaker 13: with them because I think they appreciate that and hope

2554
01:56:22,080 --> 01:56:24,840
Speaker 13: they're's reciprocity on the other side, if we're reaching out

2555
01:56:24,840 --> 01:56:25,160
Speaker 13: and doing the.

2556
01:56:25,120 --> 01:56:28,000
Speaker 3: Same thing, they're gonna find out anyway, Right, So exactly, hey,

2557
01:56:28,160 --> 01:56:31,080
Speaker 3: you were not correct on that assessment or I got

2558
01:56:31,080 --> 01:56:31,520
Speaker 3: to fact tech.

2559
01:56:31,560 --> 01:56:32,040
Speaker 5: You don't worry.

2560
01:56:32,520 --> 01:56:34,280
Speaker 2: So we got a lot of work to do, But

2561
01:56:34,400 --> 01:56:36,120
Speaker 2: you've also got a lot of work to do in

2562
01:56:36,160 --> 01:56:39,000
Speaker 2: another area. Is it the same as last year in

2563
01:56:39,040 --> 01:56:41,200
Speaker 2: a sense that I don't want to say. You know,

2564
01:56:41,280 --> 01:56:43,160
Speaker 2: you've been having a draft meetings, you've been discussing that.

2565
01:56:43,440 --> 01:56:44,760
Speaker 2: How do you kind of go through all that nick

2566
01:56:44,840 --> 01:56:46,480
Speaker 2: with the draft meetings? Do you kind of let those

2567
01:56:46,480 --> 01:56:48,520
Speaker 2: guys run things? You kind of get involved with that

2568
01:56:48,600 --> 01:56:50,760
Speaker 2: as much as you can as you stay prepared for

2569
01:56:51,000 --> 01:56:51,400
Speaker 2: the Chiefs.

2570
01:56:51,440 --> 01:56:52,560
Speaker 1: How do you kind of go about that as we

2571
01:56:52,680 --> 01:56:53,040
Speaker 1: move forward?

2572
01:56:53,120 --> 01:56:55,080
Speaker 13: Yeah, sure, everybody's kind of on their own right now.

2573
01:56:55,400 --> 01:56:57,080
Speaker 13: The All Star Games, there's been a few. They had

2574
01:56:57,080 --> 01:56:58,760
Speaker 13: the Hula Bowl. There's gonna be a few more than

2575
01:56:58,800 --> 01:57:00,680
Speaker 13: we're gonna have the East West and Senior Bowl. But

2576
01:57:00,720 --> 01:57:03,960
Speaker 13: everybody's kind of working independently right now. Really the next

2577
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:06,240
Speaker 13: thing is waiting on the underclassmen list. So there's been

2578
01:57:06,280 --> 01:57:08,840
Speaker 13: about forty ish or so players that have declared. You'll

2579
01:57:08,840 --> 01:57:10,960
Speaker 13: probably get another let's call it twenty to twenty five

2580
01:57:11,040 --> 01:57:12,840
Speaker 13: here at some point, So I want to make sure

2581
01:57:12,880 --> 01:57:14,960
Speaker 13: you're familiar with who those players are so you do

2582
01:57:15,080 --> 01:57:18,000
Speaker 13: your work on an individual basis. Our next round of

2583
01:57:18,040 --> 01:57:22,160
Speaker 13: draft meetings are middle of February ish, so everybody's.

2584
01:57:21,760 --> 01:57:22,760
Speaker 8: Kind of on their own working.

2585
01:57:23,280 --> 01:57:25,040
Speaker 13: Probably have an opportunity to get everybody to get at

2586
01:57:25,040 --> 01:57:27,080
Speaker 13: the Senior Bowl, and then after the Senior Bowl we'll

2587
01:57:27,120 --> 01:57:28,840
Speaker 13: get back together and just try to get all the

2588
01:57:28,880 --> 01:57:31,480
Speaker 13: information organized and start to prepare for the next phase

2589
01:57:31,680 --> 01:57:32,320
Speaker 13: in the offseason.

2590
01:57:32,680 --> 01:57:35,880
Speaker 3: All right, I'm stealing this one from Johnny AJ. Brown

2591
01:57:35,960 --> 01:57:38,840
Speaker 3: was reading a book on the sideline. His team was winning,

2592
01:57:38,960 --> 01:57:42,000
Speaker 3: so I guess it was okay. But what is the

2593
01:57:42,120 --> 01:57:44,160
Speaker 3: weirdest thing or some of the weird things you've seen

2594
01:57:44,240 --> 01:57:47,360
Speaker 3: players do on the sideline, like read a book or

2595
01:57:47,880 --> 01:57:50,400
Speaker 3: maybe somebody on their phone or something like that. Not here,

2596
01:57:50,480 --> 01:57:51,480
Speaker 3: of course, I don't know.

2597
01:57:51,560 --> 01:57:54,240
Speaker 4: Whatever. Whatever experiences you might have used.

2598
01:57:54,120 --> 01:57:56,760
Speaker 8: To be nothing like jumps out of me.

2599
01:57:56,840 --> 01:57:59,680
Speaker 13: I think everybody has their own different quirks or different things,

2600
01:57:59,720 --> 01:58:02,920
Speaker 13: whether it's pregame, they might do something during the game.

2601
01:58:03,520 --> 01:58:05,840
Speaker 13: There's really not too much that goes on. So whatever

2602
01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:08,280
Speaker 13: your routine is, if that's a part of your process,

2603
01:58:08,880 --> 01:58:11,200
Speaker 13: then so be it. I think things have evolved through

2604
01:58:11,240 --> 01:58:13,800
Speaker 13: the years. I mean a lot of times everybody's just

2605
01:58:13,840 --> 01:58:15,600
Speaker 13: gone on the bench and you're going through the tablet,

2606
01:58:15,720 --> 01:58:17,880
Speaker 13: just trying to get ready for the next drive.

2607
01:58:18,000 --> 01:58:20,360
Speaker 4: So you can't search for things on that tablet, right,

2608
01:58:20,480 --> 01:58:20,920
Speaker 4: you cannot.

2609
01:58:21,080 --> 01:58:23,480
Speaker 13: You're not playing a video, so you can't get online

2610
01:58:23,520 --> 01:58:26,360
Speaker 13: and start looking for like the next great novel that's

2611
01:58:26,400 --> 01:58:27,320
Speaker 13: coming out next week.

2612
01:58:27,560 --> 01:58:29,160
Speaker 1: How much are you reading during the season. Do you

2613
01:58:29,200 --> 01:58:30,480
Speaker 1: get to read during the season or are you just

2614
01:58:30,560 --> 01:58:31,200
Speaker 1: focused on that.

2615
01:58:31,720 --> 01:58:32,880
Speaker 8: That's a funny question.

2616
01:58:34,160 --> 01:58:37,760
Speaker 13: I try to maybe read a book or two, like

2617
01:58:38,640 --> 01:58:40,400
Speaker 13: over the course of a couple of weeks. So I'll

2618
01:58:40,440 --> 01:58:42,320
Speaker 13: try to get through maybe if the book takes me,

2619
01:58:42,440 --> 01:58:44,280
Speaker 13: make me a week or two, seven to ten days,

2620
01:58:44,760 --> 01:58:46,920
Speaker 13: try to transition to the next that. Try to budget

2621
01:58:47,200 --> 01:58:49,680
Speaker 13: maybe forty five sixty minutes during the course of the week,

2622
01:58:49,760 --> 01:58:52,000
Speaker 13: just kind of as an outlet, just something that I

2623
01:58:52,040 --> 01:58:54,440
Speaker 13: could pour into a little bit. Usually when we get

2624
01:58:54,480 --> 01:58:56,240
Speaker 13: on the bus, when we're traveling at the airport, there's

2625
01:58:56,280 --> 01:58:59,920
Speaker 13: an opportunity. So I enjoyed doing it. So try to

2626
01:59:00,080 --> 01:59:02,560
Speaker 13: find things that are stimulating, that are interesting. So I'm

2627
01:59:02,600 --> 01:59:05,560
Speaker 13: actually reading Tim Grover who wrote Relentless. This was Kobe

2628
01:59:05,640 --> 01:59:08,520
Speaker 13: and Michael Jordan's trainer. He has another book that's out

2629
01:59:08,640 --> 01:59:13,000
Speaker 13: about winning and just mindset and thought process. So anything

2630
01:59:13,040 --> 01:59:16,120
Speaker 13: that can get my hands on leadership business kind of related.

2631
01:59:16,760 --> 01:59:18,920
Speaker 13: Not the nerd out on anybody, but I enjoy doing

2632
01:59:18,960 --> 01:59:20,960
Speaker 13: it and try to budget some time. You know, during

2633
01:59:21,000 --> 01:59:23,800
Speaker 13: the course of the year, sometimes all of us need

2634
01:59:23,880 --> 01:59:26,560
Speaker 13: to release. Everybody's got different releases away from football. What

2635
01:59:26,640 --> 01:59:29,080
Speaker 13: they're doing, but I enjoy doing it. So No, it's

2636
01:59:29,120 --> 01:59:31,280
Speaker 13: it's it's interesting that you asked that question.

2637
01:59:31,400 --> 01:59:34,280
Speaker 1: Have you read AJ Brown's book? I can't remember, don't.

2638
01:59:34,320 --> 01:59:35,240
Speaker 8: I don't know the name of it.

2639
01:59:35,520 --> 01:59:37,640
Speaker 4: It was a self improvement, but I can't remember the title.

2640
01:59:37,680 --> 01:59:42,480
Speaker 3: I've read a couple of number one on Amazon. Looks,

2641
01:59:43,800 --> 01:59:46,640
Speaker 3: are we talking electronic like a kindle or I can't

2642
01:59:46,680 --> 01:59:46,960
Speaker 3: read it?

2643
01:59:47,280 --> 01:59:49,600
Speaker 8: I can't read off to good health. I need to

2644
01:59:49,640 --> 01:59:50,120
Speaker 8: read book.

2645
01:59:50,160 --> 01:59:52,680
Speaker 13: I have a book hardcover because I have a pen

2646
01:59:52,800 --> 01:59:55,120
Speaker 13: with me and I'm making some notes or underline. I

2647
01:59:55,240 --> 01:59:57,480
Speaker 13: can't read off a kindle. I know, kids make fun

2648
01:59:57,480 --> 02:00:00,400
Speaker 13: of you for that. Yeah, my kids are online. My

2649
02:00:00,760 --> 02:00:03,200
Speaker 13: youngest that's all. She like just tries to sneak away

2650
02:00:03,240 --> 02:00:05,120
Speaker 13: with her iPad. It's like, honey, bring that back here.

2651
02:00:05,120 --> 02:00:05,640
Speaker 13: Where are you going?

2652
02:00:05,920 --> 02:00:08,920
Speaker 4: Breaking news? Nick is not scrolling Instagram in a spare time.

2653
02:00:08,960 --> 02:00:09,400
Speaker 5: He's reading.

2654
02:00:09,480 --> 02:00:11,480
Speaker 4: Okay, Nick, thanks a lot for joining us.

2655
02:00:11,520 --> 02:00:12,440
Speaker 8: Good luck, Thanks fellas.

2656
02:00:12,560 --> 02:00:15,800
Speaker 3: There's Nick Cassario, executive vice president and general manager of

2657
02:00:15,880 --> 02:00:18,960
Speaker 3: your Texans. All right, coming up, Frank Ross, a ball

2658
02:00:19,040 --> 02:00:22,520
Speaker 3: of fire energy. We had him on this week. Let's

2659
02:00:22,560 --> 02:00:25,520
Speaker 3: have him on again because his unit, the third phase

2660
02:00:25,560 --> 02:00:27,000
Speaker 3: of the game is going to come up big in

2661
02:00:27,080 --> 02:00:29,760
Speaker 3: this one, and you're playing in a place where special

2662
02:00:29,840 --> 02:00:33,840
Speaker 3: teams was a major factor for generations. We're talking Frank

2663
02:00:33,920 --> 02:00:36,800
Speaker 3: Gann senior coach there, one of the great special teams

2664
02:00:36,840 --> 02:00:40,000
Speaker 3: coordinators of all time. Let's get to Frank Ross next

2665
02:00:40,080 --> 02:00:42,560
Speaker 3: here on Texans Radio, right back here in the Hyundai

2666
02:00:42,600 --> 02:00:46,800
Speaker 3: Texans Radio studio, and it's the Bonus Hour of Texans Radio.

2667
02:00:46,880 --> 02:00:49,000
Speaker 3: We do it every Friday night at eight and highlights

2668
02:00:49,080 --> 02:00:51,800
Speaker 3: some of the best content of the week that you missed.

2669
02:00:52,160 --> 02:00:54,920
Speaker 3: You were late to class, you missed it, and we've

2670
02:00:55,000 --> 02:00:57,839
Speaker 3: got it for you. It's all good. It's also available

2671
02:00:57,880 --> 02:01:00,640
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2672
02:01:00,720 --> 02:01:05,160
Speaker 3: All Access, Spotify, Apple, wherever you get your podcast. But

2673
02:01:05,240 --> 02:01:07,120
Speaker 3: you can get something good right here, and that's Frank

2674
02:01:07,200 --> 02:01:10,920
Speaker 3: Ross Special Teams coordinator. We all need that Frank Ross

2675
02:01:11,120 --> 02:01:14,839
Speaker 3: energy all the time, but especially tomorrow against the Kansas

2676
02:01:14,880 --> 02:01:17,920
Speaker 3: City Chiefs. Big plays on special teams. Are we going

2677
02:01:18,000 --> 02:01:20,520
Speaker 3: to get some what's it going to take. Here's our

2678
02:01:20,720 --> 02:01:23,720
Speaker 3: visit following the win over the Chargers, but it was

2679
02:01:23,840 --> 02:01:27,280
Speaker 3: a recent visit with Frank Ross Special Teams coordinator.

2680
02:01:28,360 --> 02:01:30,120
Speaker 4: Coach. Good to see you thanks for having me.

2681
02:01:30,240 --> 02:01:30,480
Speaker 1: Let's go.

2682
02:01:30,840 --> 02:01:31,200
Speaker 4: Let's go.

2683
02:01:31,800 --> 02:01:34,040
Speaker 3: Energy at an all time high. Well, it's always high

2684
02:01:34,080 --> 02:01:36,640
Speaker 3: with you, energy is always peak. So you've seen the

2685
02:01:36,720 --> 02:01:39,520
Speaker 3: video of you running down the sideline as of course

2686
02:01:39,560 --> 02:01:41,280
Speaker 3: this is going to come up. Of course, as you're

2687
02:01:41,320 --> 02:01:44,600
Speaker 3: running down the sideline, you're so excited. It's Ross against

2688
02:01:44,720 --> 02:01:46,720
Speaker 3: Ross in a race. I guess we could do like

2689
02:01:46,840 --> 02:01:49,960
Speaker 3: this rich Eisen type thing, you know, run Frank run,

2690
02:01:50,120 --> 02:01:51,560
Speaker 3: do it for charity of the offseason.

2691
02:01:51,600 --> 02:01:53,680
Speaker 1: I don't know that plan like that.

2692
02:01:54,640 --> 02:01:57,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, see run Frank Run, and we'll incorporate haircutting into

2693
02:01:57,800 --> 02:02:00,440
Speaker 3: it as well. But Coach, what a great moment right there.

2694
02:02:00,600 --> 02:02:02,480
Speaker 3: And I know it's not about you, it's about what

2695
02:02:02,600 --> 02:02:06,720
Speaker 3: your players do. But to see that play executed must

2696
02:02:06,760 --> 02:02:07,920
Speaker 3: have been so gratifying for you.

2697
02:02:08,640 --> 02:02:09,800
Speaker 1: You said it yourself right there.

2698
02:02:09,840 --> 02:02:14,040
Speaker 14: I think, you know, I lost my own in my

2699
02:02:14,160 --> 02:02:19,680
Speaker 14: own emotions of just happiness and joy for D'Angelo Ross. Yeah,

2700
02:02:19,760 --> 02:02:26,320
Speaker 14: and understand, Delo is an earner like it doesn't you know. No,

2701
02:02:26,520 --> 02:02:29,200
Speaker 14: I'm not gonna take anything away from Derek Stingley. He's

2702
02:02:29,320 --> 02:02:32,000
Speaker 14: used to making those plays in the spot we've told

2703
02:02:32,000 --> 02:02:35,400
Speaker 14: you know, yeah, and guys, and he's earned it in

2704
02:02:35,440 --> 02:02:39,440
Speaker 14: his own I'm not discredited, Uh, but for that moment,

2705
02:02:40,520 --> 02:02:45,040
Speaker 14: just the amount of joy is hard to express. And uh,

2706
02:02:45,440 --> 02:02:49,240
Speaker 14: in a player who's come so far up down on

2707
02:02:49,320 --> 02:02:52,760
Speaker 14: the roster, up active for games, how many times I

2708
02:02:52,840 --> 02:02:54,600
Speaker 14: had to go to de lo Hey thinking you're going

2709
02:02:54,680 --> 02:02:58,720
Speaker 14: to start this week, Uh, you're not active like Dangle.

2710
02:02:58,800 --> 02:03:02,400
Speaker 14: That it's hard is a existence for those fringe guys.

2711
02:03:02,520 --> 02:03:09,160
Speaker 14: And yeah, that was a special moment. I couldn't be happier.

2712
02:03:09,240 --> 02:03:10,800
Speaker 14: And I'll just say, and I have said this to

2713
02:03:10,880 --> 02:03:13,520
Speaker 14: the local media too, but I don't want people to

2714
02:03:13,680 --> 02:03:17,839
Speaker 14: pass over Deniko autry, like the play doesn't happen with Deniko,

2715
02:03:18,440 --> 02:03:20,920
Speaker 14: Like we've been working that, getting our hands into the

2716
02:03:21,000 --> 02:03:23,840
Speaker 14: ball flight, knocking down some kicks, and he's been doing

2717
02:03:23,840 --> 02:03:25,240
Speaker 14: it for a long time and he showed.

2718
02:03:25,000 --> 02:03:27,080
Speaker 6: Up in a big way in a momentum stealing moment.

2719
02:03:27,240 --> 02:03:29,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, because if he makes that, which.

2720
02:03:31,600 --> 02:03:33,560
Speaker 2: It's ten points, a touchdown, a field goal, now all

2721
02:03:33,560 --> 02:03:36,120
Speaker 2: of a sudden, it's two touchdowns that they've got to

2722
02:03:36,280 --> 02:03:38,720
Speaker 2: use to beat you, and they of course don't score again.

2723
02:03:38,760 --> 02:03:39,520
Speaker 1: So that was kind of nice.

2724
02:03:40,160 --> 02:03:43,920
Speaker 2: But it's the other play, Frank, that I think came

2725
02:03:44,200 --> 02:03:46,680
Speaker 2: so close to that being the game changing play was

2726
02:03:46,720 --> 02:03:49,040
Speaker 2: early on and I thought he said something that was

2727
02:03:49,080 --> 02:03:51,080
Speaker 2: really interesting, and I want you to speak to this. Okay,

2728
02:03:52,040 --> 02:03:56,919
Speaker 2: we've watched practice, and we've watched him work that in practice,

2729
02:03:57,000 --> 02:03:57,720
Speaker 2: training camp, prank.

2730
02:03:57,880 --> 02:03:59,920
Speaker 1: We've seen him try that and try that, and try

2731
02:04:00,120 --> 02:04:01,880
Speaker 1: that and try that and work on it.

2732
02:04:02,360 --> 02:04:04,440
Speaker 2: And he said to me in the locker room, I

2733
02:04:04,520 --> 02:04:07,120
Speaker 2: didn't know whether it would ever work, where we're wasting

2734
02:04:07,200 --> 02:04:09,840
Speaker 2: our time, and then all of a sudden it works.

2735
02:04:10,640 --> 02:04:13,400
Speaker 2: What does that say obviously for him making that play,

2736
02:04:13,680 --> 02:04:17,320
Speaker 2: but also using a technique that maybe you started working

2737
02:04:17,360 --> 02:04:19,600
Speaker 2: on back in training camp but you never use it

2738
02:04:19,760 --> 02:04:21,680
Speaker 2: or you can't use it, or it doesn't work, or

2739
02:04:21,760 --> 02:04:23,720
Speaker 2: you've tried it but it's not really working. And then finally,

2740
02:04:23,760 --> 02:04:25,560
Speaker 2: at the biggest time, it comes up and it works.

2741
02:04:26,440 --> 02:04:29,480
Speaker 4: You know, you guys know this that when.

2742
02:04:31,120 --> 02:04:34,160
Speaker 14: You make that miracle shot, Like you've heard the Ray

2743
02:04:34,240 --> 02:04:38,840
Speaker 14: Allen talking about hitting that shot from the baseline corner.

2744
02:04:38,920 --> 02:04:42,320
Speaker 14: He's like, I hit that shot thirty times in pregame. Right,

2745
02:04:43,080 --> 02:04:47,840
Speaker 14: it's the banked reps. Everybody sees the one offs on

2746
02:04:48,040 --> 02:04:52,720
Speaker 14: Sunday nights or Saturdays afternoons or Thursday night, Monday night.

2747
02:04:53,320 --> 02:04:57,640
Speaker 14: They don't see what you've seen, which is rep after

2748
02:04:57,760 --> 02:05:00,760
Speaker 14: rep after rep. Because how many times do freestyle plays

2749
02:05:00,840 --> 02:05:02,760
Speaker 14: do happen? But how many times are you going to

2750
02:05:02,800 --> 02:05:05,080
Speaker 14: sit there and say, oh, yeah, that was with intent

2751
02:05:05,280 --> 02:05:09,560
Speaker 14: and so this one was with intent practiced. But you

2752
02:05:09,640 --> 02:05:11,960
Speaker 14: know they have NFL players on their sidelines too, and

2753
02:05:12,280 --> 02:05:16,160
Speaker 14: for us to execute in that very split second moment.

2754
02:05:16,080 --> 02:05:18,080
Speaker 4: Is just a testament to putting the work in ahead

2755
02:05:18,080 --> 02:05:18,320
Speaker 4: of time.

2756
02:05:18,600 --> 02:05:21,040
Speaker 3: One more thing on the blocked extra point though, because

2757
02:05:21,560 --> 02:05:24,080
Speaker 3: the kick gets blocked high in the air, gets batted

2758
02:05:24,160 --> 02:05:26,880
Speaker 3: down by Dicker and a lot of guys kind of

2759
02:05:26,920 --> 02:05:31,480
Speaker 3: stop right, your guys, Hey, this is a live ball

2760
02:05:32,040 --> 02:05:35,320
Speaker 3: and you go after this stuff and yeah, Neville had

2761
02:05:35,320 --> 02:05:38,600
Speaker 3: the big hit and you capitalize in the biggest possible

2762
02:05:38,640 --> 02:05:39,160
Speaker 3: way at the time.

2763
02:05:39,320 --> 02:05:45,640
Speaker 14: You know, it infuriates me when I see a batted

2764
02:05:45,760 --> 02:05:49,839
Speaker 14: pass or like a lateral screen and everybody just stops.

2765
02:05:49,880 --> 02:05:54,080
Speaker 14: It makes my blood boil, Like play the play through

2766
02:05:54,160 --> 02:05:57,000
Speaker 14: the whistle, make him pull your back, like so yeah,

2767
02:05:57,160 --> 02:06:00,520
Speaker 14: proud that we were the aggressors. Can take it to

2768
02:06:00,600 --> 02:06:04,320
Speaker 14: a play a year ago Arizona Cardinals at home and

2769
02:06:04,680 --> 02:06:07,760
Speaker 14: it's a punt. Okay, this is week. What do we

2770
02:06:07,800 --> 02:06:09,560
Speaker 14: play that in week now, I don't know, mid middle

2771
02:06:09,600 --> 02:06:14,640
Speaker 14: of last year, okay, and a punt hits off the

2772
02:06:14,800 --> 02:06:22,080
Speaker 14: back of the gunner DeAngelo slash the punt return player

2773
02:06:22,200 --> 02:06:26,000
Speaker 14: in getting there the input the replay review couldn't give

2774
02:06:26,040 --> 02:06:30,360
Speaker 14: a good but they swarmed to the text and our

2775
02:06:30,440 --> 02:06:33,440
Speaker 14: guys swarmed to the ball, jumped on sold it.

2776
02:06:34,400 --> 02:06:35,120
Speaker 8: And what is it?

2777
02:06:35,240 --> 02:06:39,960
Speaker 14: I don't know the word irrefutable evidence. It's overturned like

2778
02:06:40,080 --> 02:06:43,160
Speaker 14: that stuff matters. And then you look at an opportunity

2779
02:06:43,240 --> 02:06:45,320
Speaker 14: moment like we had on the block kick, like don't

2780
02:06:45,320 --> 02:06:47,800
Speaker 14: wait on them, let's go so proud that they took

2781
02:06:47,880 --> 02:06:48,440
Speaker 14: that to the field.

2782
02:06:48,680 --> 02:06:50,800
Speaker 1: Frank, what has Damien given you in the return game

2783
02:06:51,120 --> 02:06:52,280
Speaker 1: that I don't know?

2784
02:06:52,400 --> 02:06:54,920
Speaker 2: Maybe you we saw him last year obviously have that

2785
02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:59,800
Speaker 2: return against the Browns. But he's seemingly giving you really

2786
02:07:00,040 --> 02:07:04,320
Speaker 2: would returns consistently when teams decide to test him. What's

2787
02:07:04,480 --> 02:07:08,919
Speaker 2: making him the right fit as you'r as the returner

2788
02:07:09,520 --> 02:07:11,440
Speaker 2: in this new kind of kickoff world we live in.

2789
02:07:11,680 --> 02:07:14,280
Speaker 14: Yeah, I think I think he's starting to figure out

2790
02:07:14,360 --> 02:07:17,080
Speaker 14: the run paths where how he wants to get going

2791
02:07:17,200 --> 02:07:19,320
Speaker 14: and and his where his stem and track will end

2792
02:07:19,360 --> 02:07:23,400
Speaker 14: up leading them. But you know, it's it's the wave

2793
02:07:23,680 --> 02:07:27,680
Speaker 14: has become more five by five and less cornered with layers,

2794
02:07:27,840 --> 02:07:29,680
Speaker 14: even though some you have to have some sort of

2795
02:07:29,760 --> 02:07:34,120
Speaker 14: safety in that layer. But for him, as a big,

2796
02:07:34,400 --> 02:07:37,440
Speaker 14: strong runner, he's kind of figured out like if I'm

2797
02:07:37,600 --> 02:07:40,320
Speaker 14: if they're slow in and I'm not, I'm the one

2798
02:07:40,360 --> 02:07:42,720
Speaker 14: at the advantage. And he is not an easy human

2799
02:07:42,800 --> 02:07:46,680
Speaker 14: being to tackle. So he's found the extra yards. Need

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02:07:46,800 --> 02:07:50,880
Speaker 14: him to do that this Sunday, big time, and against

2801
02:07:50,920 --> 02:07:54,800
Speaker 14: a dynamic specialty, like they're just well coded, the Chiefs

2802
02:07:54,840 --> 02:07:57,960
Speaker 14: are well coached. So when we could find those yards

2803
02:07:58,760 --> 02:08:01,160
Speaker 14: and then maybe it's a nice explosive, but then on

2804
02:08:01,280 --> 02:08:03,800
Speaker 14: top of it, you finish falling forward for two more.

2805
02:08:04,200 --> 02:08:07,040
Speaker 14: That to me is like tempost setting. That to me

2806
02:08:07,320 --> 02:08:10,520
Speaker 14: is is uh, like you know, kind of get that

2807
02:08:10,680 --> 02:08:15,680
Speaker 14: little that little juice of adrenaline, you know, like that

2808
02:08:16,000 --> 02:08:19,040
Speaker 14: gives your team that when it's already a nice clean

2809
02:08:19,160 --> 02:08:22,280
Speaker 14: run lane, you're falling forward through an arm tackle, maybe

2810
02:08:22,320 --> 02:08:24,800
Speaker 14: you run somebody over. We've seen him do that on

2811
02:08:25,000 --> 02:08:27,600
Speaker 14: games here and yeah, he's a hard tackle.

2812
02:08:27,640 --> 02:08:28,720
Speaker 5: We need him to do that this Sunday.

2813
02:08:29,840 --> 02:08:33,680
Speaker 3: You're not in precipitation in all likelihood, but some wind

2814
02:08:33,880 --> 02:08:36,920
Speaker 3: and cold whatever, how do you how does that affect

2815
02:08:37,000 --> 02:08:40,320
Speaker 3: how you call things as a special teams coordinator? Pregame

2816
02:08:40,400 --> 02:08:42,360
Speaker 3: warm ups factor heavily. How do you go about that?

2817
02:08:42,600 --> 02:08:42,800
Speaker 7: Sure?

2818
02:08:43,000 --> 02:08:46,080
Speaker 14: For I would say the biggest thing that affects is,

2819
02:08:46,520 --> 02:08:49,240
Speaker 14: all right, well, where do we want to finish the

2820
02:08:49,360 --> 02:08:51,760
Speaker 14: half with? Call it the wind that you're back or

2821
02:08:51,840 --> 02:08:54,640
Speaker 14: you know that's that's kind of the stating the obvious,

2822
02:08:54,880 --> 02:08:56,920
Speaker 14: and what's your yard mark? Where are we defending, and

2823
02:08:57,000 --> 02:09:01,320
Speaker 14: where are we kicking from? As are long for our

2824
02:09:01,360 --> 02:09:03,720
Speaker 14: field goal? What's our makeable range and things like that,

2825
02:09:04,520 --> 02:09:06,160
Speaker 14: So how far is the ball travel? And that's really

2826
02:09:06,240 --> 02:09:09,080
Speaker 14: what you're trying to gather pregame and then it's and

2827
02:09:09,120 --> 02:09:11,200
Speaker 14: then from there on out it's a it's a sliding

2828
02:09:11,240 --> 02:09:15,840
Speaker 14: and evolving scale. Hey, uh, we're going this way in

2829
02:09:15,880 --> 02:09:17,800
Speaker 14: the third quarter, this way in the fourth quarter, we're

2830
02:09:17,840 --> 02:09:22,600
Speaker 14: going we're driving down, Like which hash do we want

2831
02:09:22,640 --> 02:09:24,800
Speaker 14: the ball? That's going to be a sliding scale relative

2832
02:09:24,880 --> 02:09:27,720
Speaker 14: to it. And you got to lean on communication that

2833
02:09:28,320 --> 02:09:31,640
Speaker 14: our pros are like they're pros for a reason. Tommy

2834
02:09:32,040 --> 02:09:34,760
Speaker 14: and Kamy know like, hey, I want to hit this ball,

2835
02:09:35,360 --> 02:09:37,880
Speaker 14: So you lean on them and I'm not out there

2836
02:09:37,920 --> 02:09:40,160
Speaker 14: kicking it, believe me. They are so they know best,

2837
02:09:40,560 --> 02:09:42,520
Speaker 14: and we're going to give them the best opportunity to

2838
02:09:42,520 --> 02:09:43,720
Speaker 14: set him up for coach.

2839
02:09:43,760 --> 02:09:46,360
Speaker 1: Hopefully he doesn't. We can Hopefully he doesn't punt at all,

2840
02:09:46,640 --> 02:09:47,040
Speaker 1: that's right.

2841
02:09:47,160 --> 02:09:49,520
Speaker 2: But when Tommy has to punt, I remember having this

2842
02:09:49,560 --> 02:09:52,200
Speaker 2: conversation with Shane Lackler many many years ago, and he

2843
02:09:52,360 --> 02:09:55,640
Speaker 2: literally broke down stadium after stadium of how he wanted

2844
02:09:55,680 --> 02:09:57,480
Speaker 2: to punt the ball in particular stadiums.

2845
02:09:57,560 --> 02:09:59,200
Speaker 1: Sure, it was incredible to listen to.

2846
02:09:59,800 --> 02:10:02,760
Speaker 2: So playing back home where he's played before, do you

2847
02:10:02,840 --> 02:10:04,520
Speaker 2: think that is a little bit of an advantage that

2848
02:10:04,600 --> 02:10:06,880
Speaker 2: he kind of knows wind patterns, weather and all that

2849
02:10:06,960 --> 02:10:07,400
Speaker 2: kind of stuff.

2850
02:10:07,440 --> 02:10:09,560
Speaker 14: Yeah, I do. I think he's gonna have at least

2851
02:10:09,640 --> 02:10:12,840
Speaker 14: going into it, like I said, And if I'll backtrack again,

2852
02:10:13,000 --> 02:10:16,040
Speaker 14: like things gonna are gonna change. You know, it's gonna

2853
02:10:16,200 --> 02:10:18,080
Speaker 14: the sun's gonna go down more. I think it's supposed

2854
02:10:18,080 --> 02:10:21,440
Speaker 14: to be cloudy anyways, but whether wind picks up, et cetera,

2855
02:10:21,520 --> 02:10:23,840
Speaker 14: things are gonna evolve and you kind of adjust on

2856
02:10:23,920 --> 02:10:26,879
Speaker 14: the fly and the best ones do. But no, he's

2857
02:10:26,920 --> 02:10:30,800
Speaker 14: gonna have a go in with general tendencies of what

2858
02:10:30,960 --> 02:10:35,040
Speaker 14: a ten to fifteen mile an hour, colder, windy day

2859
02:10:35,120 --> 02:10:37,440
Speaker 14: would be right then, you know, so we're going in

2860
02:10:37,480 --> 02:10:40,560
Speaker 14: We've already talked about that and yeah, excited for him

2861
02:10:40,600 --> 02:10:42,680
Speaker 14: to you know, for us to get a chance to

2862
02:10:42,720 --> 02:10:44,400
Speaker 14: go in there. We lost these guys in their house

2863
02:10:44,440 --> 02:10:46,560
Speaker 14: the first time. And the bottom line is, you know

2864
02:10:46,600 --> 02:10:49,320
Speaker 14: what adjustments can we make? You know, things that we

2865
02:10:49,400 --> 02:10:52,160
Speaker 14: did well, can we do them better? Can we sweep

2866
02:10:52,240 --> 02:10:54,160
Speaker 14: the corners of some details that maybe we need to

2867
02:10:54,200 --> 02:10:58,120
Speaker 14: be better at? And it's just such a such an

2868
02:10:58,160 --> 02:11:00,480
Speaker 14: awesome opportunity for us is a as a team?

2869
02:11:00,760 --> 02:11:02,160
Speaker 4: Absolutely one more for you?

2870
02:11:02,360 --> 02:11:06,160
Speaker 3: Sure tell the listeners your pregame sort of routine day

2871
02:11:06,240 --> 02:11:07,800
Speaker 3: of Does that change from.

2872
02:11:07,680 --> 02:11:08,320
Speaker 4: Time to time?

2873
02:11:08,480 --> 02:11:10,080
Speaker 3: Are you like a player and I got to do this,

2874
02:11:10,280 --> 02:11:12,520
Speaker 3: this and this to get ready for a game? How

2875
02:11:12,560 --> 02:11:13,480
Speaker 3: do you handle a coach?

2876
02:11:14,160 --> 02:11:17,640
Speaker 14: Man? Uh, it's not about me, I don't I don't know.

2877
02:11:17,720 --> 02:11:21,480
Speaker 14: I think I think for for for everybody, routine is important.

2878
02:11:23,120 --> 02:11:26,120
Speaker 14: I wake up every game day, road is earlier schedule

2879
02:11:26,280 --> 02:11:28,720
Speaker 14: because you get on the bus, you know, so a

2880
02:11:28,920 --> 02:11:33,680
Speaker 14: nice scoop of pre workout, hit the gym, uh protein shake,

2881
02:11:33,800 --> 02:11:38,240
Speaker 14: go back shower, get all dressed up, pick up your

2882
02:11:38,280 --> 02:11:40,760
Speaker 14: hotel room, and then I do eat the same.

2883
02:11:40,600 --> 02:11:41,440
Speaker 4: Meal on pre games.

2884
02:11:41,440 --> 02:11:43,600
Speaker 6: I like to like a light, like a light meal.

2885
02:11:43,600 --> 02:11:46,360
Speaker 14: I like to be uh maybe a little topped off

2886
02:11:46,400 --> 02:11:49,240
Speaker 14: with a little coffee and uh not that you need it.

2887
02:11:50,520 --> 02:11:51,040
Speaker 4: I like to be.

2888
02:11:51,360 --> 02:11:53,760
Speaker 1: I like to feel like light. Do you feel light?

2889
02:11:53,960 --> 02:11:56,600
Speaker 3: Do you find like the workout before helps clear your

2890
02:11:56,640 --> 02:11:58,360
Speaker 3: head a little bit keeps you calm and way.

2891
02:11:58,320 --> 02:11:59,880
Speaker 14: Not even it's not even from my head. It's for

2892
02:12:00,120 --> 02:12:02,120
Speaker 14: like my bot, like I get a little bit, well,

2893
02:12:02,200 --> 02:12:04,280
Speaker 14: you guys can imagine, little twitch, I run a little bit,

2894
02:12:04,640 --> 02:12:07,640
Speaker 14: no punchy, no run a little high. So I need

2895
02:12:07,720 --> 02:12:09,920
Speaker 14: to I need to start sweating a little bit, you know,

2896
02:12:10,240 --> 02:12:13,800
Speaker 14: but got to got to. So yeah, that's been a

2897
02:12:13,920 --> 02:12:14,800
Speaker 14: necessity for me.

2898
02:12:14,840 --> 02:12:15,240
Speaker 5: For a while.

2899
02:12:15,400 --> 02:12:17,480
Speaker 4: Coach, thanks a love for joining us. Good luck. Let's go, man,

2900
02:12:17,560 --> 02:12:18,680
Speaker 4: thank you, let's go guys.

2901
02:12:18,680 --> 02:12:22,240
Speaker 3: All right, there's Frank Ross, special teams coordinator for your Texans.

2902
02:12:22,640 --> 02:12:24,480
Speaker 4: We didn't even get into the whole hair cutting thing.

2903
02:12:24,520 --> 02:12:25,280
Speaker 4: I mean he does that.

2904
02:12:25,480 --> 02:12:28,240
Speaker 3: He's cut the hair of homeless guys and obviously does

2905
02:12:28,320 --> 02:12:31,640
Speaker 3: this team and other people. And he loves Sinatra. And

2906
02:12:31,680 --> 02:12:33,640
Speaker 3: there's so many places you can go in a Frank

2907
02:12:33,720 --> 02:12:37,320
Speaker 3: Ross interview. But look, this is the week of perhaps

2908
02:12:37,800 --> 02:12:39,760
Speaker 3: if they get it, it'll be the biggest win in

2909
02:12:39,800 --> 02:12:41,840
Speaker 3: the history of the franchise. I can't call it the

2910
02:12:41,880 --> 02:12:45,240
Speaker 3: biggest game going in necessarily because it's the sixth time

2911
02:12:45,320 --> 02:12:47,760
Speaker 3: you've had one of these opportunities. And we'll just see

2912
02:12:47,800 --> 02:12:51,680
Speaker 3: how it goes and rank it, reflect on it afterwards.

2913
02:12:52,200 --> 02:12:52,680
Speaker 4: Can't wait.

2914
02:12:52,760 --> 02:12:56,240
Speaker 3: Three point thirty kickoff on Saturday afternoon. Coming up. One

2915
02:12:56,280 --> 02:12:58,480
Speaker 3: of the men who's gonna be key on the defensive

2916
02:12:58,520 --> 02:13:01,800
Speaker 3: line for the Houston Texans. That's Foldy Fatakasi. A visit

2917
02:13:01,920 --> 02:13:04,960
Speaker 3: with him next here on Texans All Access. It's the

2918
02:13:05,120 --> 02:13:08,360
Speaker 3: final segment of the week here on Texans Radio. Final

2919
02:13:08,360 --> 02:13:12,120
Speaker 3: segment till tomorrow at twelve thirty when Texans Countdown gets Rolling,

2920
02:13:12,640 --> 02:13:17,440
Speaker 3: presented by Medelo Especial. Texans in the Playoffs, Round two,

2921
02:13:17,640 --> 02:13:21,120
Speaker 3: the Divisional Round at Kansas City. Three point thirty kickoff.

2922
02:13:21,640 --> 02:13:27,320
Speaker 3: Let's go now defense. Obviously much of it needed, hard hitting,

2923
02:13:27,600 --> 02:13:29,480
Speaker 3: stop the run, get to mahomes.

2924
02:13:29,640 --> 02:13:30,040
Speaker 6: All of that.

2925
02:13:30,200 --> 02:13:32,640
Speaker 3: I was actually watching the game on NFL Network last night,

2926
02:13:32,680 --> 02:13:35,920
Speaker 3: a replay of the game played four weeks prior between

2927
02:13:35,960 --> 02:13:38,480
Speaker 3: the Texans and the Chiefs, and man Houston is right

2928
02:13:38,680 --> 02:13:42,040
Speaker 3: in this thing. They're dealing on defense, keeping the point

2929
02:13:42,080 --> 02:13:44,360
Speaker 3: total low. I know that opening drive was something they

2930
02:13:44,400 --> 02:13:48,440
Speaker 3: wanted to take back. But when Stroud hits Dell for

2931
02:13:48,600 --> 02:13:51,120
Speaker 3: the would be tying touchdown in the third quarter, you

2932
02:13:51,200 --> 02:13:54,360
Speaker 3: feel like that's a real momentum seas, but it got

2933
02:13:54,440 --> 02:13:57,160
Speaker 3: derailed by the Dell injury, everything that ensued from their

2934
02:13:57,280 --> 02:14:00,880
Speaker 3: long delay. Obviously emotionally painful of guys to see Tank

2935
02:14:00,920 --> 02:14:02,960
Speaker 3: go out, and Tank was playing really well in that game.

2936
02:14:03,360 --> 02:14:05,400
Speaker 3: Extra point missed, you know the rest of the story.

2937
02:14:05,480 --> 02:14:10,120
Speaker 3: Eight point loss up there, now another shot at them.

2938
02:14:10,640 --> 02:14:13,240
Speaker 3: I liken it a bit, but in a better way

2939
02:14:13,680 --> 02:14:16,320
Speaker 3: to twenty twelve Texans losing to the Patriots on Monday

2940
02:14:16,360 --> 02:14:18,960
Speaker 3: Night football. Going back up there for the divisional round,

2941
02:14:19,000 --> 02:14:21,320
Speaker 3: the difference is one of the key differences. There are many.

2942
02:14:21,600 --> 02:14:23,480
Speaker 3: One of the keys is they got blown out in

2943
02:14:23,520 --> 02:14:26,840
Speaker 3: that Monday night football game. In this game four weeks ago,

2944
02:14:27,200 --> 02:14:30,320
Speaker 3: they were right there, even with the Dell injury, and

2945
02:14:30,480 --> 02:14:32,560
Speaker 3: now you feel like this is a bit of a

2946
02:14:32,640 --> 02:14:34,920
Speaker 3: different Texans team going up there. Let's see how they

2947
02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:37,240
Speaker 3: do well. A man who did not play in that game,

2948
02:14:37,320 --> 02:14:40,520
Speaker 3: who will certainly play. This one is fully Fatacasi and

2949
02:14:40,800 --> 02:14:43,280
Speaker 3: he had a visit in the Hyundai Texans radio studio

2950
02:14:43,400 --> 02:14:46,360
Speaker 3: this week. It's been a while since we've caught up.

2951
02:14:46,560 --> 02:14:47,960
Speaker 3: How does it feel to get back out there?

2952
02:14:48,320 --> 02:14:48,520
Speaker 6: Oh?

2953
02:14:48,720 --> 02:14:51,600
Speaker 15: Man, first and foremost, Man, I really give thanks to God.

2954
02:14:51,720 --> 02:14:54,680
Speaker 15: I give them all the glory. It felt amazing to

2955
02:14:54,720 --> 02:14:56,320
Speaker 15: be back out there with the fellas, you know, just

2956
02:14:56,640 --> 02:14:58,400
Speaker 15: being out there and being physical.

2957
02:14:58,920 --> 02:14:59,400
Speaker 4: It was fun.

2958
02:14:59,720 --> 02:15:01,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, it looked like fun. Looked like you guys were

2959
02:15:01,960 --> 02:15:05,120
Speaker 3: really enjoying yourself. And I think that you weren't in

2960
02:15:05,200 --> 02:15:07,680
Speaker 3: all these games. You weren't playing against the Chiefs and

2961
02:15:08,000 --> 02:15:11,400
Speaker 3: the Ravens, you played against Miami before that. But you're

2962
02:15:11,560 --> 02:15:14,400
Speaker 3: back now, and do you feel the joy not just

2963
02:15:14,440 --> 02:15:16,960
Speaker 3: from you but from the entire team right now? Because

2964
02:15:17,160 --> 02:15:18,920
Speaker 3: it was a bit of a dip there toward the

2965
02:15:19,040 --> 02:15:21,080
Speaker 3: end of the season, but now the Texans are back

2966
02:15:21,120 --> 02:15:22,240
Speaker 3: and better than ever, it seems.

2967
02:15:22,600 --> 02:15:25,000
Speaker 15: Well, these guys, like each and every single one of

2968
02:15:25,040 --> 02:15:26,480
Speaker 15: these men, Yeah, they're amazing.

2969
02:15:26,720 --> 02:15:26,880
Speaker 3: You know.

2970
02:15:27,560 --> 02:15:29,760
Speaker 15: They stayed the course, They keep the main thing, the

2971
02:15:29,840 --> 02:15:32,280
Speaker 15: main thing, and they do a really good job of

2972
02:15:32,440 --> 02:15:35,520
Speaker 15: like staying centered. I'm actually inspired, you know, and encouraged

2973
02:15:35,560 --> 02:15:37,680
Speaker 15: by that because It teaches me, you know, to all right,

2974
02:15:37,720 --> 02:15:40,960
Speaker 15: stay centered, being your present, being the president. So during

2975
02:15:41,000 --> 02:15:43,120
Speaker 15: the time where I wasn't in it could play tricks

2976
02:15:43,160 --> 02:15:45,640
Speaker 15: on your mind. But being president and to keep chopping

2977
02:15:45,680 --> 02:15:47,880
Speaker 15: at the wood, it made. It made a big difference.

2978
02:15:47,920 --> 02:15:49,080
Speaker 15: I learned that from watching the guys.

2979
02:15:49,280 --> 02:15:51,160
Speaker 3: What was that like for you, Folly, because you were

2980
02:15:51,160 --> 02:15:53,160
Speaker 3: out for a bit, came back against Miami, then at

2981
02:15:53,200 --> 02:15:55,040
Speaker 3: for a bit again, now you're back. How have you

2982
02:15:55,160 --> 02:15:59,160
Speaker 3: been able to maintain your focus and stay so upbeat?

2983
02:15:59,160 --> 02:16:02,000
Speaker 3: You're an upbeat per And despite not being out there playing.

2984
02:16:02,360 --> 02:16:05,120
Speaker 15: One prayer, prayer did a lot for me. And like

2985
02:16:05,160 --> 02:16:06,960
Speaker 15: I said, I'm not here to impose my faith on

2986
02:16:07,040 --> 02:16:10,480
Speaker 15: anybody's just my personal beliefs. So really asking Christ just

2987
02:16:10,520 --> 02:16:12,440
Speaker 15: to give me the strength and give me the ability

2988
02:16:12,560 --> 02:16:16,480
Speaker 15: to see, you know, the positives right, So that really

2989
02:16:16,520 --> 02:16:19,000
Speaker 15: helped me a lot. And then again watching the guys

2990
02:16:19,040 --> 02:16:21,000
Speaker 15: and seeing how the guys are working on the day

2991
02:16:21,040 --> 02:16:23,320
Speaker 15: to day basis, it gave me the juice to continue

2992
02:16:23,360 --> 02:16:25,280
Speaker 15: to just stay present and to stay focused at the

2993
02:16:25,360 --> 02:16:25,800
Speaker 15: task that I have.

2994
02:16:25,880 --> 02:16:27,480
Speaker 3: It in Well, it feels like so many of you

2995
02:16:27,520 --> 02:16:29,480
Speaker 3: guys have faith, and guys talk about it at the

2996
02:16:29,520 --> 02:16:33,640
Speaker 3: podium even and discuss if you could, how that keeps

2997
02:16:33,680 --> 02:16:35,800
Speaker 3: you guys or it helps keep you guys together.

2998
02:16:36,240 --> 02:16:38,640
Speaker 15: Well, I think, you know, we live in a world where,

2999
02:16:38,760 --> 02:16:40,640
Speaker 15: like you know, sometimes it's a little tough to talk about,

3000
02:16:41,040 --> 02:16:43,840
Speaker 15: you know, what people's personal faith is, you know, you know,

3001
02:16:43,959 --> 02:16:47,440
Speaker 15: religion or spirituality, you know. But around this area, I

3002
02:16:47,480 --> 02:16:49,959
Speaker 15: think a lot of people are aligning in very similar ways.

3003
02:16:50,320 --> 02:16:52,160
Speaker 15: So to be able to talk about these things, you know,

3004
02:16:53,160 --> 02:16:55,640
Speaker 15: allows the opening for guys to just you know, be

3005
02:16:55,720 --> 02:16:57,600
Speaker 15: a little bit more vulnerable. And I think that allows

3006
02:16:57,680 --> 02:17:02,520
Speaker 15: us to come together and to just you know, mesh

3007
02:17:02,680 --> 02:17:05,760
Speaker 15: even more so, I really do. I'm thankful for it,

3008
02:17:05,879 --> 02:17:07,880
Speaker 15: you know, I really think Christ for just the opportunity

3009
02:17:07,959 --> 02:17:09,840
Speaker 15: for guys at least, you know, be able to come

3010
02:17:09,920 --> 02:17:12,600
Speaker 15: together and just share, you know, what that personal beliefs are,

3011
02:17:12,720 --> 02:17:14,840
Speaker 15: you know, what their life's experiences are, and to be

3012
02:17:14,920 --> 02:17:17,040
Speaker 15: quite honest when you're on the field, because you know,

3013
02:17:17,840 --> 02:17:20,119
Speaker 15: because you know your brother, you know just that much,

3014
02:17:20,320 --> 02:17:22,520
Speaker 15: you know better. It shows in the play.

3015
02:17:23,000 --> 02:17:26,040
Speaker 3: Well, I've talked to coach Ryan's about this. Walking by

3016
02:17:26,120 --> 02:17:28,840
Speaker 3: the locker room with about two hours before game time,

3017
02:17:29,480 --> 02:17:31,760
Speaker 3: you can hear the gospel music blaring and it's not

3018
02:17:31,959 --> 02:17:34,680
Speaker 3: like gospel music that you see on TV from days

3019
02:17:34,720 --> 02:17:38,000
Speaker 3: gone by. This is really modern stuff and it's intense.

3020
02:17:38,400 --> 02:17:40,400
Speaker 3: Can you talk about that for a moment and how

3021
02:17:40,480 --> 02:17:42,040
Speaker 3: that fires you guys up? And I know the music

3022
02:17:42,120 --> 02:17:44,000
Speaker 3: flips after a while when it gets closer to game

3023
02:17:44,040 --> 02:17:45,400
Speaker 3: time too, right, No, it does.

3024
02:17:45,520 --> 02:17:48,400
Speaker 15: But I think first and foremost man like just the

3025
02:17:48,480 --> 02:17:50,320
Speaker 15: guys being able to come in, all of us coming

3026
02:17:50,360 --> 02:17:53,320
Speaker 15: in and hearing that it sets the intention. You know,

3027
02:17:53,600 --> 02:17:55,360
Speaker 15: it sets where your mind is. And even for the

3028
02:17:55,400 --> 02:17:58,600
Speaker 15: guys that don't really necessarily believe, it still sets like, Okay,

3029
02:17:58,920 --> 02:18:01,680
Speaker 15: we're in this locker room, we're being centered. You know

3030
02:18:01,840 --> 02:18:03,400
Speaker 15: for us that you know that you know, have a

3031
02:18:03,440 --> 02:18:06,240
Speaker 15: little bit more understanding, we understand where we're giving our

3032
02:18:06,280 --> 02:18:10,760
Speaker 15: glory to. Right, But in general, it just brings people in.

3033
02:18:10,840 --> 02:18:13,560
Speaker 15: It's all right, this is the game time. Let's everybody

3034
02:18:13,640 --> 02:18:16,360
Speaker 15: set our intentions. Let's get focused, let's get ready for

3035
02:18:16,400 --> 02:18:18,880
Speaker 15: the task at hand. And you know, once it flips,

3036
02:18:18,920 --> 02:18:20,680
Speaker 15: it's like, all right, we're going.

3037
02:18:21,320 --> 02:18:24,240
Speaker 3: Before we talk about Kansas City, what do you think

3038
02:18:24,440 --> 02:18:27,000
Speaker 3: was the big key with the Chargers game? You guys

3039
02:18:27,160 --> 02:18:29,600
Speaker 3: really got after it on defense, held them to twelve

3040
02:18:29,720 --> 02:18:33,240
Speaker 3: points and from the get go, defense was really rocking

3041
02:18:33,320 --> 02:18:33,680
Speaker 3: the house.

3042
02:18:33,959 --> 02:18:36,320
Speaker 15: Oh well, now everyone knows that once you get into

3043
02:18:36,320 --> 02:18:40,440
Speaker 15: the postseason, you know everything matters, right, So I think

3044
02:18:41,440 --> 02:18:44,119
Speaker 15: in my personal opinion and just even talking with the guys,

3045
02:18:44,160 --> 02:18:45,920
Speaker 15: it's just we had an understanding that, like, yo, we

3046
02:18:46,080 --> 02:18:50,080
Speaker 15: have to really make these moments count. So understanding that

3047
02:18:50,160 --> 02:18:52,640
Speaker 15: everybody in the playoffs has a shot, has a chance, right,

3048
02:18:52,800 --> 02:18:54,600
Speaker 15: so you really just want to go in with the

3049
02:18:54,680 --> 02:18:57,560
Speaker 15: intention of just executing all of your assignments as best

3050
02:18:57,600 --> 02:19:00,840
Speaker 15: as you could, right without without blinking, without looking back.

3051
02:19:00,920 --> 02:19:02,840
Speaker 15: So I think that's what really gave us the edge

3052
02:19:02,879 --> 02:19:04,600
Speaker 15: to going to to go into that game to play

3053
02:19:04,600 --> 02:19:05,120
Speaker 15: out our best.

3054
02:19:05,560 --> 02:19:07,920
Speaker 4: What about going up to Kansas City. I'm not going

3055
02:19:08,000 --> 02:19:08,800
Speaker 4: to talk about the weather.

3056
02:19:08,879 --> 02:19:12,120
Speaker 3: Look, it's cold, you're from New York, it's January, it's football,

3057
02:19:12,480 --> 02:19:15,640
Speaker 3: this is what happens. But playing against that team and

3058
02:19:15,760 --> 02:19:19,160
Speaker 3: that building in this environment tell me about your outlook

3059
02:19:19,320 --> 02:19:19,720
Speaker 3: heading in.

3060
02:19:20,280 --> 02:19:22,320
Speaker 15: Well, it's a fun environment to be in. You know,

3061
02:19:22,400 --> 02:19:27,680
Speaker 15: it's casey there, the loudest stadium and you know, in football, right. Honestly,

3062
02:19:27,760 --> 02:19:30,240
Speaker 15: I just think I personally believe that as long as

3063
02:19:30,280 --> 02:19:32,200
Speaker 15: we can just stay focused at the task at hand

3064
02:19:32,920 --> 02:19:36,280
Speaker 15: and execute understanding that that is a very good team.

3065
02:19:36,520 --> 02:19:38,879
Speaker 15: The stars can align the right way, So just keep

3066
02:19:38,920 --> 02:19:41,680
Speaker 15: the belief going there. Focus, one player at the time,

3067
02:19:41,760 --> 02:19:44,640
Speaker 15: will make our adjustments, make our strengths our strengths, sharpen

3068
02:19:44,720 --> 02:19:47,520
Speaker 15: up our weaknesses, and shoot, we'll see where the chips fall.

3069
02:19:47,720 --> 02:19:48,040
Speaker 6: All right.

3070
02:19:48,080 --> 02:19:50,000
Speaker 3: We had coach Rod right in here and he talked

3071
02:19:50,000 --> 02:19:52,560
Speaker 3: about the nicknames a bit. Do you like your nickname?

3072
02:19:52,600 --> 02:19:57,840
Speaker 3: Your nickname is big dog, big dogs, so cyborg for Daniel,

3073
02:19:58,200 --> 02:20:01,800
Speaker 3: terminator for Will big Good. But how do you feel,

3074
02:20:01,840 --> 02:20:04,080
Speaker 3: how do you evaluate it versus some of the other nicknames.

3075
02:20:04,920 --> 02:20:09,000
Speaker 15: Honestly, I love it, man. I think it definitely brings identity,

3076
02:20:09,160 --> 02:20:11,320
Speaker 15: you know, to the room, and it's like, you know,

3077
02:20:11,879 --> 02:20:13,480
Speaker 15: it's like when you're hanging around with your buddy. You

3078
02:20:13,480 --> 02:20:15,840
Speaker 15: know what I'm saying, you call your buddy by his nickname, right,

3079
02:20:15,840 --> 02:20:19,080
Speaker 15: you know. I think I think it definitely brings an

3080
02:20:19,120 --> 02:20:22,000
Speaker 15: idea of just closeness right amongst all of us. And

3081
02:20:22,040 --> 02:20:23,800
Speaker 15: then you can see it in our plays like we talk,

3082
02:20:24,320 --> 02:20:27,640
Speaker 15: you know, we craft together, we share ideas, you know.

3083
02:20:27,800 --> 02:20:31,800
Speaker 15: So I think it goes beyond it starts. It started there,

3084
02:20:31,879 --> 02:20:33,560
Speaker 15: but it goes beyond that, do you.

3085
02:20:33,600 --> 02:20:37,119
Speaker 3: Feel like, because I do that this D line has

3086
02:20:37,840 --> 02:20:40,920
Speaker 3: its own togetherness that look, all D lines that are

3087
02:20:40,959 --> 02:20:42,600
Speaker 3: good D lines are going to be together.

3088
02:20:42,680 --> 02:20:43,080
Speaker 4: I get it.

3089
02:20:43,320 --> 02:20:46,320
Speaker 3: But I sense more here, more of a brotherhood that

3090
02:20:46,360 --> 02:20:50,000
Speaker 3: I've seen on other defensive lines in those rooms. What

3091
02:20:50,160 --> 02:20:51,039
Speaker 3: I know about them?

3092
02:20:51,080 --> 02:20:53,360
Speaker 4: Anyway? What can you tell us about that?

3093
02:20:53,560 --> 02:20:56,640
Speaker 3: Because it's almost like people talk about the offensive line

3094
02:20:56,680 --> 02:20:59,640
Speaker 3: being the closest position group on most teams. This feels

3095
02:20:59,680 --> 02:21:02,760
Speaker 3: more like offensive line room than a defensive line room sometimes.

3096
02:21:03,000 --> 02:21:05,480
Speaker 15: Well, I can only speak for you know what I see.

3097
02:21:05,640 --> 02:21:07,600
Speaker 15: You know of the guys in the room, right, and

3098
02:21:08,320 --> 02:21:11,160
Speaker 15: those guys are great, great guys, you know personally, if

3099
02:21:11,160 --> 02:21:13,840
Speaker 15: I can speak on just myself, I've learned and I'm

3100
02:21:13,879 --> 02:21:16,160
Speaker 15: continuing to learn from every single person in that room.

3101
02:21:16,240 --> 02:21:18,760
Speaker 15: And it's not only adding to my game as an athlete,

3102
02:21:18,959 --> 02:21:20,959
Speaker 15: but it's adding to my outlook, you know, in life.

3103
02:21:21,160 --> 02:21:25,840
Speaker 15: So I think they're amazing men with a lot of expositions,

3104
02:21:25,959 --> 02:21:28,360
Speaker 15: and I learned from them, right, And like I said,

3105
02:21:28,440 --> 02:21:30,520
Speaker 15: like although like I'm learning a lot in football and

3106
02:21:30,560 --> 02:21:33,320
Speaker 15: I'm taking from them. I'm sponging up you know, all

3107
02:21:33,400 --> 02:21:36,440
Speaker 15: of the craftsmanships that they're giving me. You know, I'm

3108
02:21:36,440 --> 02:21:38,040
Speaker 15: also learning a lot from them in life too, and

3109
02:21:38,080 --> 02:21:41,200
Speaker 15: I think it really allows us to mess and grow

3110
02:21:41,280 --> 02:21:41,880
Speaker 15: closer together.

3111
02:21:42,160 --> 02:21:44,480
Speaker 4: One more, give me a big key in beating the

3112
02:21:44,560 --> 02:21:45,440
Speaker 4: Chiefs on Saturday.

3113
02:21:45,760 --> 02:21:46,240
Speaker 6: Execute.

3114
02:21:46,560 --> 02:21:49,120
Speaker 4: Execute. You're not gonna give away game plan secrets, so

3115
02:21:49,200 --> 02:21:49,560
Speaker 4: that's good.

3116
02:21:50,320 --> 02:21:51,680
Speaker 6: No, execute, that is the game plan.

3117
02:21:51,800 --> 02:21:53,039
Speaker 4: Thanks a lot for joining us fully.

3118
02:21:53,360 --> 02:21:54,600
Speaker 6: I appreciate you, brother, Thank you.

3119
02:21:54,800 --> 02:21:58,080
Speaker 3: There's our interview with Foley Phatikasi, capping off a busy

3120
02:21:58,200 --> 02:21:59,920
Speaker 3: week here, I'm Texans Radio.

3121
02:22:00,360 --> 02:22:00,560
Speaker 8: Now.

3122
02:22:01,000 --> 02:22:04,040
Speaker 4: One more time from Kirk Russell as Herb Brooks.

3123
02:22:04,600 --> 02:22:07,680
Speaker 8: Their time is done, it's over.

3124
02:22:08,400 --> 02:22:10,000
Speaker 4: This is your time.

3125
02:22:10,959 --> 02:22:12,120
Speaker 1: I'll go out there and take it.

3126
02:22:12,440 --> 02:22:13,000
Speaker 4: Let's do it.

3127
02:22:13,320 --> 02:22:17,640
Speaker 3: Texans Chiefs three point thirty kickoff Saturday, Area forty five

3128
02:22:17,800 --> 02:22:20,360
Speaker 3: coming up next. Wonder what they're going to be talking about.

3129
02:22:20,680 --> 02:22:23,560
Speaker 3: Let's go have a great night, have a great weekend.

3130
02:22:23,879 --> 02:22:24,480
Speaker 3: Let's do this.

3131
02:22:24,920 --> 02:22:25,760
Speaker 4: Go Texans,